Do You Ever Cry at Weddings?
I sometimes cry at Hallmark
ads because I am moved by the concentrated dose of love portrayed.. For the same reason I shed tears at weddings
and wedding anniversaries. Interestingly,
I had a similar experience when the Madison area sisters gathered to celebrate
50th and 60th year anniversaries of religious profession of five area sisters.
At the celebration we
laughed and cried as we told stories on the jubilarians. The light in the eyes of sisters as they told
stories on one another reflected the Spirit. It is God's Spirit that draws all together in
love. Christian couples look outward on family, friends and the world with an
extension of their unique love. Sisters,
each called in a special way to love the friends of God, shine a collective
love on the world whenever they gather. Those gatherings are sacraments of God's
love in a concentrated form. Whatever way one loves is a gift of the
Spirit. As the author of I Corinthians writes
"There are different kinds of gifts but the same spirit." 1 Cor 12:4.
I am grateful when I
witness the love couples have for one another and for us. I am also grateful
that the Spirit calls sisters to love. While religious life is a call to
celibacy, the gift of our love is full of energy and affection.
How is the Spirit calling
you to love?
Joan Duerst
Monona WI
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