We are grateful for our Junior Professed Sisters who renewed their vows on April 11th. Please keep them in your prayers!
Recently, I found a reflection I had written during my first retreat as a postulant. The last conference that had been given was on Spiritual Motherhood. As I approached the 4 th Station where Jesus meets His Sorrowful Mother, this is what struck my heart: What is the sacrificial love of a mother? It is the self-sacrifice made to love her children. Mary’s self-sacrifice to be there with Christ, her Son, in His passion was the selfless love that united her with Him. Her heart was pierced with 7 swords in the agony of watching her beloved Son endure a cross that He did not deserve, but which He embraced for the love of the Father and mankind. Could she not have said to Jesus, “You don’t have to do this, there are other ways. Do you know how much pain You are causing me and those who love you?” She knew He could have chosen any other way t...
Comments
Congratulations and thank you for being witnesses to Love!
Certainly His love is spreading in the various places where you serve!
What wonders are in store for you in the future, where you will be missioned, how many souls you will lead by example!
Are any of you making your final profession this year?
God bless each of you!
You are in my prayers and I beg yours in return!
a grateful reader
I've come across your blog through the Institute on Religious Life website, and I visit here from time to time to see what's going on with you.
Wow-twenty three YOUNG Sisters in your Junior Professed! I'm impressed!
I'm much older than all of you (mid-50s, if you must know!), and I know that you wouldn't accept anyone of my age in your community. But I am glad to see that there are young women who are willing to accept the call to consecrate their lives to Our Lord and to His Holy Church.
Best wishes to the Junior Professed!
A 'viewer' from Upstate NY