1.

Vow of Chastity

The vow of chastity is a vow made to live a celibate (not married) life. Monks/ti choose the path of celibacy to offer their
life and love for the service of God and his holy Church. This is in accordance with the teachings of Jesus himself in the
Gospel of Matthew 19:12 namely:

There are people who cannot marry because they were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are people who
have been made that way by other people, and there are people who have made themselves that way because of their own
will because of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever can understand, let him understand.

From the Scripture quotation above, for me it is clear to us that the celibate or unmarried life adopted by religious people is
not a resistance to nature (because by nature humans are called to marry) but a supernatural value in which they sacrifice
their right to marry for the sake of serving God. and his holy Church

This is also in line with what Saint Paul the Apostle said in his first letter to the church in Corinth so that in becoming
servants of God and the Church, they should specifically free their hearts from worldly matters and focus on serving so that
their love for God and all people is more aflame. (1 Corinthians 7:32-35).

Therefore, Religious chose not to marry to devote themselves to God and the Church. That's the sacrifice of their lives.
They gave themselves and their lives belonged to the Church. So often we also hear that there is a term that says that the
monks are the holy bride of the Church.

2. Vow of Poverty

The vow of poverty is a vow made by religious people that they are willing and ready to live in simplicity. That's why these
nuns have never owned private property.

For example, they do not own a house or vehicle or land in their own name. Everything they own belongs to the Church or
to the apostolic institution to which they belong.

Brothers or Sisters who have jobs do not receive their salary for themselves but they willingly hand it over to their
community to become common property.

The pattern of monastic life is voluntary poverty to follow Christ in an extraordinary way. In 2 Corinthians 8:9, Saint Paul
the Apostle said:

For you have known the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that
you through his poverty might become rich.

These quotations show us the vocation of the religious who willingly followed Christ in their poverty and lack of
possessions.

3. Vow of Obedience

The vow of obedience means the pledge of allegiance made by religious people to obey the Church and their leaders.
According to the teachings of the Catholic Church, it is through obedience that religious offer their complete self-sacrificial
devotion to God.

In other words, they are ready to follow all the orders of the Church and its leaders for the task of serving for the sake of the
Kingdom of God.
The vow of obedience made by religious people is rooted in the spirituality of Jesus Christ himself who came to carry out
all the commands of the Father.