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…God grant that I may always be a lover and proclaimer of truth, and that for the sake of truth I may die.
In accord with these words of St. Catherine of Siena, "God grant that I may always be a lover and proclaimer of truth," the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist fully embrace the charism and spirituality of the Order of Preachers. We seek to first love the Truth, by means of an intense and prayerful study of the Word of God and the truths of our Catholic tradition. Following in the footsteps of our founder, St. Dominic, and the many dynamic saints of the Order, we strive to be authentic proclaimers of the Truth, to a world that is starving for real encounter with the Person of Jesus Christ. For the sake of these two necessary tasks, our lives are committed to the point of heroic self-sacrifice and the shedding of our blood, if God so wills.
Our pattern of life is inextricably bound up with the monastic observances given us by our Dominican tradition. We espouse the common life, cloister, times and places of silence, the choral Divine Office and daily Mass, while wearing the black and white habit so characteristic of the Order of Preachers. These exterior practices are signs of our deeper consecration and pursuit of holiness, fired by a constant zeal for souls. As obedient daughters of the Church, we seek to give fresh vitality to the timeless Dominican spirituality by our love and study of Veritas (or truth)and sharing with others, through preaching and teaching, the abundant fruits of our contemplation.
We are preachers of the Word only because we are first contemplatives of the Word, living intensely the spirituality of our Dominican tradition.
I don't know why, but lately I've been really obsessed with nuns. Such a beautiful vocation! Life is just so beautiful if you only get over your/myself! Pray for a pure heart, and desire God's! Its what life is about and I can't wait for heaven! Its heaven we can have now if just a taste! What a contradiction in order to be happy in this life you must give your life away!
The priesthood! I am to give my life in sacrificial love to all as Christ did upon the cross. Easy? Not really, not for me, but in God all things are possible!
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We have the Sisters of Charity here in Bergen at the one and only Catholic church in the whole city. Every morning I have the great privilege of walking past the church along with the building in which these beautiful sisters pray, sleep, and have fellowship. Sometimes I just stop and stare through the window, desperately wanting just a glance of some wall, crucifix, or piece of furniture...but today I saw them! The sisters! I just cried. I wanted so badly to join in with their party. Yes, nuns are so beautiful. It's beautiful that we can love in this world! That we can experience heaven now.
That is beautiful! Are they Missionaries of Charity or Sisters of Charity? Just curious, I get to work with the missionaries on Wednesdays. They are so cool, I might have to consider religious life more...
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