Through an Open Door
The
“New World Symphony,” written by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, was one of the
first symphonic pieces I enjoyed listening to as a kid. Later I heard “Goin’
Home,” a song based on a movement of that symphony and arranged in the form of
a Negro spiritual. I loved it as well. Since becoming a Dominican sister and
living in three different cities in ten years (community life, study, ministry),
I have been prompted numerous times to reflect on what “going home” means and
feels like.
Home
is no longer simply the city where I grew up. It is also the city I lived in
for many years and where I return to spend time with family and old friends.
Our Sinsinawa Dominican motherhouse, “the Mound,” has felt like home since my
first visit. There are people, scattered throughout this country, who also feel
like home to me. Yesterday morning, a Sinsinawa sister-friend passed away and
has now ‘gone home’ to God. In life and in song:
“…It’s
not far, jes’ close by,
Through
an open door;
Work
all done, care laid by….
Jes’
a livin’ on…
Goin’
home, goin’ home. I’m jes’ goin’ home.”
With
whom and where is your experience of home?
Tanya
Williams, OP
St.
Louis Park, MN
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