Wedded to God and the church…

Solemn profession of vows.

Amid such a great variety of gifts, however, all those who are called by God to the practice of the evangelical counsels, and who make faithful profession of them, bind themselves to the Lord in a special way. They follow Christ who, virginal and poor, redeemed and sanctified men by obedience unto death on the cross. Under the impulse of love, which the Holy Spirit pours into their hearts, they live more and more for Christ and for His Body, the Church. The more fervently, therefore, they join themselves to Christ by their whole lives, the fuller does the Church's life become and the more vigorous and fruitful its apostolate.

Vatican II; Perfectae Caritatis #1, 28 October, 1965