Dating Again, Part 2
By ladyemmay. As I mentioned above, marrying Jesus is a lot different than marrying a human being. For one thing, Jesus can't die and leave me. He already did that. I just heard about a friend's friend who died at age 34 leaving a wife, three kids, and a baby on the...
World Day of Prayer for – YOU
By Petra Stella Are you one of the many former religious who will sit in Mass this Sunday hearing Father mention that it is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, and immediately feel that painful twinge in your heart? It probably feels like yet another painful...
ANZAC Day 2015
Today, we honour all those who gave their lives in the First World War, and keep the memory of their heroism alive. April 25th, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) military landing in Gallipoli, Turkey. They were...
Dating Again, Part 1
By ladyemmay. "Wait, so you broke up with Jesus?" The confused look on my third grade student's face spoke volumes. I was trying to explain to him that I had been in the convent for a year, preparing to marry Jesus, but decided that it wasn't what God was asking of me...
And it’s Like Growing Through the Narrow Spots
By Liz Miller. "Sometimes the only way the Good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them."Â - Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen It's been almost 1 1/2 years since I wrote "A Hairy Story," and yet it feels like eons ago. Firstly, I'll just say that, as women who have...
Feast of Saint Gemma Galgani
Burdened all her life by chronic illness, Gemma Galgani longed to become a Passionist nun, but was forced to surrender this desire to God when it became clear that her health would not allow it. She died on the 11th of April 1903, at the age of twenty-five. On this,...
Divine Mercy Sunday
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
Life Hacks, Convent-Style
Happy Easter, Leonie's Ladies! This being a joyful season, we've decided to kick off with a light-hearted post, along the lines of the "Ten Things Only 90s Children Will Understand" lists that you see on Buzzfeed. Except that this is a list of Life Hacks that Only...
Easter: Sorrow and Joy
Oh good, I thought to myself when the words Regina Caeli appeared in the list of chants for choir practice before my one and only conventual Easter. I know how to sing the Regina Caeli. It's easy. You just go - Until, that is, everybody else sings: Wow. Oh dear....
Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. Were Mary's tears silent ones? In the privacy of the space John made for her in his home, did the Blessed Mother ever get the opportunity to just let go and give voice to...
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