Holy Thursday holds a very special meaning for us, for the entire Sisters Adorers Family. It is not only the beginning of the Easter Triduum, but a day on which we relive the deepest part of our vocation, our charism and mission: Adoration and Liberation.
At the Last Supper, Jesus gave us three gifts that continue to mark the life of the Church: the Eucharist, the priesthood, and the commandment of fraternal love. That love became action when He knelt to wash the feet of His disciples. Christ did not use great speeches—He showed it through actions, through a simple yet deeply meaningful gesture: to love is to serve others.
To adore Jesus and accompany women in their processes of liberation
For the entire Sisters Adorers Family, this day reminds us why we are here. Saint María Micaela taught us to seek Jesus in the Tabernacle and, through Him, to act in the wounded lives of so many vulnerable women.
The institution of the Eucharist, which we celebrate today on Holy Thursday, profoundly commits us. In Adoration, we discover that love is the foundation of everything. Through this personal encounter with Jesus, we find His presence in history and in everyday life, and with Him, we commit ourselves to the transformation of the world.
“In Adoration we learn to love our young women and to work and live for them.” (Constitutions, no. 13)
From this Eucharistic experience in Adoration is born our mission in the Church: to accompany and promote the liberation of women in situations of prostitution, trafficking, and other forms of violence.
But on this path, we are not alone, nor are we the only ones acting. Just as we accompany women in their processes of liberation, they also help to free us. We accompany each other, and in that deep encounter, we discover the most profound meaning of the Eucharist: to be broken, to be shared, and to allow love to transform each one of us.
Every process of reconstruction, every life that begins anew, has its roots in this Eucharistic love that moves and sustains us.
The act of washing feet is not just a scene from the Gospel. It is also part of our daily life. Because to wash feet is also to listen without rushing, to be close without judging, to walk at the other’s pace, to care in silence, to sustain with tenderness.
A day to return to the essential
This Holy Thursday we want to return to the origin. To that moment when Jesus broke the bread, shared the wine, and said to us: “Do this in memory of me.”
And this is what we do: we break our lives, we share them, and we try to be a reflection of His love in the midst of the world.
May this day renew our desire to adore with the heart and to serve with all our soul. And may we, like Jesus, know how to love to the very end—even in the small, the ordinary, and the hidden things.