Nov 10, 20215 minThe right Spiritual Director can help espouse the thoughts of your mind to the beats of your heart!Peace and good! I would like to recount how I understood that the spiritual director that the Lord put in front of me was the correct...
Nov 3, 20213 minHow God Spoke to St. Anthony AbbotFrom the "Life of St. Anthony," written by St. Athanasius After the death of his father and mother he was left alone with one little...
Sep 9, 20212 minDrop the Nets and Follow“Listen, my daughter, and understand; pay me careful heed. Forget your people and your father’s house, that the king might desire your...
Sep 1, 20212 min"I'm not worthy..."“I’m not worthy…” At breakfast recently, we sisters were discussing how often this apparently-humble phrase twists itself into preventing...
Aug 25, 20212 minHow God Spoke to St. AugustineFrom the Confessions of St. Augustine (Book VIII, 29): I was saying these things and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart,...
Aug 18, 20213 minGIVE THE MAN A MUFFIN: from wannabe hermit to hitchhiking nunWhen I first started considering religious life, I googled: “How do you become a hermit?” I have always wanted to do things “all the...
Aug 11, 20211 minHow God Spoke to St. ClareFrom the Legend of St. Clare (Ch. IV, 2-8) “The Solemnity of the Day of the Palms was at hand when the young girl [Clare] went with a...
Aug 2, 20218 minWhy am I a sister?Peace and good! My name is Sister Clara (born Marta Peixoto) and I am from Portugal; I entered the community when I was 17 years old, now...
Jul 28, 20211 minDo Not Forget the Things Your Eyes Have Seen...In our journey of Faith and discernment, there will be “mountaintop” moments when things seem to be going great, but there will also be...
Jul 21, 20212 minThe First Sign in My DiscernmentWhen I first started discerning religious life, I didn’t want anyone to know: I thought this secret was still too intimate and uncertain...
Jul 9, 20212 minHow St. Bonaventure Discovered His VocationFrom Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 3 March 2010: [St. Bonaventure] was called Giovanni di Fidanza. An episode that occurred when...
Jun 20, 20212 minYoung People, Do You Prefer Peace or Anxiety?In the Gospel of Mark (6:45-52), we read that Jesus “saw the disciples tired of rowing because the wind was against them.” This makes me...
Jun 6, 20212 minTrials Along the Vocational JourneySearching for one’s vocation is also a time of trials! As the Word of God reminds us, “If you present yourself to the Lord, prepare...
May 30, 20212 minHow God Spoke to St. Justin“When I wished at one period to be filled with great quietness, and to shun the path of men, I used to go into a certain field not far...
May 23, 20213 minThe Sign of Certainty“If I have found favor in your sight, give me a sign that it is You who are speaking to me” (Judg 6:17) People often believe it would be...