All posts tagged: Novices

Now I understand!

Alejandra: Now I understand why all the sisters said to me “You will like Ein Karem!” because it is really a wonderful place, the view is amazing. I know now why father Mary Alphonse decided to stay here. My first visit to Jerusalem is like a short film which I am watching and living at the same time. It was impressive to me to see so many people walking along the narrow streets. Clara: I have no words to express my feelings. When I came into Ein Karem, Jerusalem, my heart started to beat with excitement. I am really glad and I am blessed to live this experience. While I was walking there I prayed the Magnificat over and over again. Victoria: Once Father Theodore explained to the novices, “I want you to have hearts bigger than the whole world.”

Community prayer based on Father Theodore words.

We began our prayer life with the words of Father Theodore. Directions given to the sisters of the Holy Land. book 5 (page85) You must no longer have any other thought than the glory of God, the hope of Israel, the fulfilment of the promises, the reign of Jesus Christ. By sending the sisters to Jerusalem, Father Theodore started them out on a great adventure, one might almost say a mad adventure since they lacked any preparation, any knowledge of the East and maturity to make this foundation successfully so far from the Mother house, and considering the almost continental absence of Father Mary. What where Father Theodore reaction faced with this situation and how was he to help the sister to profit by their experience? Charity is the indestructible cement which must unite the first stones of the building of Sion.