QUINCEANERA

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A CELEBRATION OF WOMANHOOD IN THE CATHOLIC LATINO TRADTION.

WHEN A YOUNG LADY IS PRESENTED THRUOGH A MASS AND CELEBRATION TO THE LORD AND THE WORLD.

MODERN TRADITION HAS A RECEPTION AND DANCE FOLLOWING THE CATHOLIC MASS. THESE CELEBRATIONS OFTEN RIVAL A WEDDING IN EXTRAVAGENCE  AND EXPENCE. THIS IS IN SOME WAYS SIMILAR TO "SWEET SIXTEEN PARTIES.

THE PRAYER OF THANKS

Heavenly Father,
I thank you for the gift of life
for creating me in your image and likeness
and for calling me to be your daughter through baptism.
Thank you for sending your Son Jesus to save me
and your Holy Spirit to sanctify me.
To that which in your goodness and love
you will for me, I say “yes,”
With your grace I commit myself
to serve my brothers and sisters all my life.
Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother,
I dedicate myself to you.
Since you are my model of faith,
help me to continue learning from you what I need
to be a Christian woman.
Help me to hear the Word of God as you did,
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holding it in my heart and loving others,
so that, as I walk with Jesus in this life,
I may worship Him with you in all eternity.
Amen.