On her consecration day, a woman will usually wear a white dress as she approaches the altar of the Lord. It’s much like a wedding, but her bridegroom is Jesus Christ.
The little-known vocation of the consecrated virgin has grown in recent years. Although it existed in the early Church, it fell out of popularity in the Middle Ages as monasticism grew. In more recent years, there has been a resurgence of the role since Vatican II, which revised the rite.
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