Saturday, June 28, 2014
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Friday, June 27, 2014
A Nun's Life Ministry: Discover and Grow in your vocation
Several Monroe IHM Sisters have a wonderful Ministry called a Nun's Life.
http://anunslife.org/
They share on You Tube, Facebook and on Blogger. What a great service they are providing! Enter in and discover! If you need a helping hand in your own discernment, get in touch with us!
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scranton, PA
Director of Vocations
www.sistersofihm.org
Global Sisters Report
Something you may want to follow via e-mail or Facebook: Global Sisters Report
http://globalsistersreport.org/
Global Sisters Report is an independent, non-profit source of news and information about Catholic sisters and the critical issues facing the people they serve. Our network of journalists report about their lives and works and sisters write commentary from their perspective.
http://globalsistersreport.org/
Global Sisters Report is an independent, non-profit source of news and information about Catholic sisters and the critical issues facing the people they serve. Our network of journalists report about their lives and works and sisters write commentary from their perspective.
Mission Global Sisters Report is a dynamic online community that reports on and gives voice to women religious around the world.
Values
Integrity: We are committed to thorough, objective reporting and fair-minded commentary. Our process is transparent.
Diversity: We respect and are inspired by the diverse experiences of sisters in a changing world.
Community: We believe the everyday lives of sisters are a model for strengthening networks and relationships.
Daily-Meditation--Spiritual-Courage
Spiritual Courage
Courage is connected with taking risks. Jumping the Grand Canyon on a motorbike, coming over Niagara Falls in a barrel, or crossing the ocean in a rowboat are called courageous acts because people risk their lives by doing these things. But none of these daredevil acts comes from the centre of our being. They all come from the desire to test our physical limits and to become famous and popular.
Spiritual courage is something completely different. It is following the deepest desires of our hearts at the risk of losing fame and popularity. It asks of us the willingness to lose our temporal lives in order to gain eternal life.
Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen , © 1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Words That Create Community
The word is always a word for others. Words need to be heard. When we give words to what we are living, these words need to be received and responded to. A speaker needs a listener. A writer needs a reader.
When the flesh – the lived human experience – becomes word, community can develop. When we say, “Let me tell you what we saw. Come and listen to what we did. Sit down and let me explain to you what happened to us. Wait until you hear whom we met,” we call people together and make our lives into lives for others. The word brings us together and calls us into community. When the flesh becomes word, our bodies become part of a body of people.
Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen , © 1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.
http://wp.henrinouwen.org/daily_meditation_blog/?p=3048
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Celebrating Faith: Blessed are the poor in spirit
Celebrating Faith: Blessed are the poor in spirit: "Blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs." Come my children, this is your reward, this is my kingdom ...
Daily-Meditation--Flesh-Become-Word
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Tuesday June 24, 2014
Flesh Become Word
The word must become flesh, but the flesh also must become word. It is not enough for us, as human beings, just to live. We also must give words to what we are living. If we do not speak what we are living, our lives lose their vitality and creativity. When we see a beautiful view, we search for words to express what we are seeing. When we meet a caring person, we want to speak about that meeting. When we are sorrowful or in great pain, we need to talk about it. When we are surprised by joy, we want to announce it!
Through the word, we appropriate and internalize what we are living. The word makes our experience truly human.
Henri Nouwen
Tuesday June 24, 2014
Flesh Become Word
The word must become flesh, but the flesh also must become word. It is not enough for us, as human beings, just to live. We also must give words to what we are living. If we do not speak what we are living, our lives lose their vitality and creativity. When we see a beautiful view, we search for words to express what we are seeing. When we meet a caring person, we want to speak about that meeting. When we are sorrowful or in great pain, we need to talk about it. When we are surprised by joy, we want to announce it!
Through the word, we appropriate and internalize what we are living. The word makes our experience truly human.
Henri Nouwen
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