Pope encourages Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament in their vocation

September 06, 2026

Pope Leo XIV told members of the Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament that “your presence is a shining witness to God’s freely-give love, which sows in the human heart a longing to seek and contemplate His face.”

The Pontiff made his remarks during a September 5 audience with nuns who were making a pilgrimage to Rome for the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the institute’s Holy Spirit Federation. Blessed Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation (1770-1824) is the institute’s foundress.

“That constant search for the face of God, which characterizes monastic life in a particular way, takes on a special nuance in the vocation you have received: it translates into a life completely dedicated to the continuous and silent adoration of a God who has become bread, and who invites us to unite with Him in the sacrifice of the altar, to form one body,” Pope Leo said during the audience, which took place in Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace. “Dear sisters, by manifesting within the Church the specific charism you have received from your foundress, you are called to be weavers of communion with the threads of prayer and work, of Eucharistic adoration and fraternal sharing within the monastery.”

The Pontiff encouraged the nuns to “continue living out their consecration with renewed hope and a desire for holiness, remembering that fidelity to the ancient and ever-new wisdom of the Gospel is the best path for those who, guided by the Holy Spirit, dedicate themselves to loving God and their neighbor.”

 

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Further information:

• Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament – Federation of the Holy Spirit (Dicastery for Communication - Vatican Media, 9/5/26)
• Audience with the “Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament – Federation of the Holy Spirit” (Holy See Press Office, 9/5/26)