Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

I continue to be amazed with the direction my life has taken.   Nearly 10 years ago while I was in the midst of a career in corporate America, God spoke within my thoughts and heart. For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord.   They are plans for good …   to give you a future and a hope.   – Jeremiah 29:ll (TLB) I remember where I was when I finally told God, “Okay, okay I hear you.   I’ll submit an application to the Dominican sisters of Sinsinawa, but I’m not sure how this will turn out.”   Well, it turned out that I took early retirement and embarked on an astonishing journey.   The details of how that all came to be is a story for another time. What do I do in my everyday life now?   My ministry is in our motherhouse (corporate offices) providing administrative support for the managers in our finance office.   One of the sisters asked me what I actually do on an everyday basis.   I told her that I do whatever follows, ...

This year Good Friday & Earth Day coincide.   The human family is growing in its awareness of our dependence on the earth, how it cares for us, feeds us, shelters us and more.   We are aware that the earth is alive in its own way – it is stretching, moving, turning and more.   During Holy Week Triduum we remember the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. It is on Good Friday that we especially remember Jesus’ death.   It was on that deeply sad day that God’s creation, the earth, gently welcomed the body of Jesus.   It held him until the moment, hidden from human view, that Christ resurrected.   The earth witnessed that holy event and yet, humbly – silently, continued the sacred work of caring for all who live upon it. This Good Friday – consider the good earth and how it cared for the body of Jesus.   Then consider how you might return the favor and care for its future. Roberta A. Popara, O.P. North Palm Beach, Florida