I will be on vacation
until August 28th. As I
prepare for my own vacation, I hope all of you who frequently visit this site are
having a wonderful summer, have also had time off from a busy schedule doing some “fun” things you otherwise do not
have time to do.
My summer certainly has
been one of tremendous blessing. This past weekend I just returned from Rome where I
was attending a General Assembly Planning Commission Meeting at our Generalate.
It was a great experience of everyone being
willing to do the work in a spirit of collaboration and deep respect. When I was asked to be chairperson of this
Commission, my response was: “I’ve never done anything like that and not sure
this is within my abilities.” What I
realized was that my most important task was to allow the Spirit to function
freely and creatively in each of the committee members and also be open to the
Spirit working within me.
Earlier in the summer, I
spent three weeks in Trinidad, spending most of that time with three pre-postulants,
processing with them, praying with them, accompanying them in whatever way
needed. During that same time, I did an
assessment for another religious community and completed three lengthy reports
to support my recommendation of each of the three women to be accepted into our
postulancy program. During that time in
Trinidad, I was blessed in ways I could never imagine in being with these three
women but also with being able to participate in great liturgies and be the
recipient of awesome homilies by some very young, Spirit-filled priests.
To any one discerning a
religious vocation or a vocation to the priesthood, know that God and we need
good women and men willing to give their all to building the Kingdom! If God is calling you, I pray that you have
the courage to say “yes.” I did and have never regretted it!
I now look forward to
some time off to be with family and friends. The blog will be continued on my
return here on the 28th of August.
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