It is with a joyful and grateful heart that I share some good news with you about the next place to which God is leading me. I have applied and have been accepted to enter as a postulant with the Sisters of Life on September 6th! They are a contemplative-active order of religious sisters, which began in New York City in 1991 by John Cardinal OConnor. They vow their charism, which is to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. Their convents are primarily in the NYC metro area. Follow the link for more info: sistersoflife.org. :) I will be moving to the postulant house in the Bronx to begin my first year of formation. Please keep me and my family in your prayers during this time and in the future as I seek to do Gods will for me and to love the way He has created me to love. Please pray for the Sisters and the women they serve. It is with a joyful and excited heart that I share some good news with you about the next place to which God is leading me. I have applied and have been accepted to enter as a postulant with the Sisters of Life on September 6th! They are a contemplative-active order of religious sisters, which began in New York City in 1991 by John Cardinal OConnor. They vow their charism, which is to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. Their convents are primarily in the NYC metro area. Follow the link for more info: sistersoflife.org. :) I will be moving to the postulant house in the Bronx to begin my first year of formation. Please keep me and my family in your prayers during this time and in the future as I seek to do Gods will for me and to love the way He has created me to love. Please pray for the Sisters and the women they serve. Be assured of my prayers for you and your intentions, as well. Thank you for all your support and love and mostly prayers during the years. You have played a part in my life and for that I am eternally grateful. Realizing that I am where I am today because of the grace of God and the influence of others around me, I will leave you with this quote from one of the Sisters newsletters, in a letter from the Mother Superior - Mother Agnes Mary: We stand on the yes of so many others. Its easy to forget this, to not notice the gifts that come to us through choices made by our parents, grandparents and ancestors - both biological and spiritual - so long ago. But if were attentive, there are moments when we see it. Suddenly, surprisingly, we see it, and time seems to stand still. In that moment touching eternity, we remember how close we all are, that indeed we are loved, and that love never dies. Those who came before us were asked, as we are, to say yes to love in the midst of the unexpected and messy realities of life - the mix of joys and sufferings and the inevitable weaknesses and sins that plague us all. And they said yes - to God, to life, to truth, to faith, to forgiveness, to each other, without any knowledge of who would benefit from their yes beyond their immediate circle. Love matters. And any yes to authentic love, any fidelity to the promptings of love, bears fruit that lasts. We stand on the yes of so many others. And we, too, are invited - urged! - to let our own lives, whatever our vocation, become a yes that will resonate throughout the Body of Christ for generations to come. Every yes we make to God, each act of service we give another person, each humble request for forgiveness, each stand we take for truth, for the good, the beautiful - for that which lasts - throws a lifeline of courage, strength, possibility into the future to one we may not yet know but will one day meet.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 03:14:13 +0000
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