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Meeting God Face to Face

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An experience I had recently shed light on an experience all of us will have some day.  I experienced the death of one of my classmates.  It was sobering because I suddenly had to face my own mortality!  At the same time it gave me a chance to reflect on that most meaningful encounter of any of our lives:  our readiness to meet God face to face!  What will it be like?  Will I be ready?  Will I be resistant?  Will I be fearful?  Will I be relieved? Spiritual writer Henri Nouwen once wrote, before his own death in 1996,  “ Am I afraid to die? I am every time I let myself be seduced by the noisy voices in my world telling me that my ‘little life’ is all I have and advising me to cling to it with all my might. But when I let these voices move to the background of my life and listen to that small soft voice calling me the Beloved, I know that there is nothing to fear and that dying is the greatest act of love, the act that leads me into the eternal embrace of my God

Being Dominican

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As Dominicans we have several options for women and men to join us in our mission to preach God’s love and compassion. Currently we have a Dominican Volunteer International  (DVI) living with us; she is a 21 yr. old just out of university from Santo Tomas in Bogotá Colombia.  When she finishes this year of service she returns to Colombia to look for next steps in her life. Last year we had a DVI from Trinidad Tobago. She was 30 yrs old a professional lawyer and spoke three languages. After she finished her year with us she returned to ‘Trini’ and entered the Dominican sister’s cloister for a contemplative life. She is currently a novice. For myself I chose the apostolic or active life of a Dominican sister and I meet wonderful people in my ministries. God calls each one of us intimately to follow. What are you hearing? As I pray and listen to God speaking in my heart I am ‘confident and unafraid’. As it says in the Gospels God puts a belt around our waist and takes us