{"id":28128,"date":"2026-04-14T10:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/primera-profesion-ecuador-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:24:48","slug":"primera-profesion-ecuador-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/primera-profesion-ecuador-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First Profession &#8211; Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 12 April, Divine Mercy Sunday, Brother Cristhian Javier Garc\u00eda made his first profession in the chapel at Ambato. The Eucharist was presided over by Monsignor Rafael Cob, Bishop of Puyo. The Brother added some personal words to the Institute\u2019s traditional formula, which he read before the Assembly. Brother Fernando Cob, the Provincial Delegate, received the vows. He presented him with the sign of consecration, the insignia of the Institute, and the Constitutions which he undertook to live by from this day forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the celebration, messages of congratulations were read out from the Brother Superior General, the Brother Provincial and the Vice-Provincial of San Jos\u00e9 Obrero. When it was over, Cristhian delivered a moving message of thanks, drawing an analogy between his life, his novitiate and his previous experience of Christian life with the making of wine. \u201cI am a wine which, after being racked and left to rest in the cellar of Nazareth, is ready to be served. The profession I make today is the sealing of this bottle that God has cared for so lovingly through the hands of all of you. May the aroma of Nazareth \u2013 that blend of sawdust from the carpenter\u2019s workshop and the warmth of home \u2013 permeate my soul\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the liturgical celebration, we shared a fraternal lunch. Present were members of his family, the Brothers of the Delegation, religious friends, and some members of the Fraternities. Each attendee was given an eco-friendly pen with seeds, on which was written Brother Gabriel\u2019s thought, which also adorned the altar of the celebration: \u201cThe happiest religious is the one who possesses grace and friendship with God\u201d (NG 1008)<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;28067,28072,28077,28082,28087,28092,28097,28102,28107,28112,28117&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 12 April, Divine Mercy Sunday, Brother Cristhian Javier Garc\u00eda made his first profession. The Eucharist was presided over by Monsignor Rafael Cob, Bishop of Puyo. The Brother recited the Institute\u2019s traditional formula, adding a few personal words of his own. The vows were received by Brother Fernando Cob, the Provincial Delegate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,60,61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28133,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128\/revisions\/28133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsfbelley.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}