Love in the Midst of Everyday Life
I
love Summer not for the usual reasons we hear proclaimed, but because that is
the season of many celebrations of who we are as Dominicans of Sinsinawa:
Community Days, Jubilees, Receptions, and Professions. Community Days is a time we come together as
a community to pray, study, plan for the future of our Congregation, and re-connect
with one another.
This
past weekend after having said “goodbye” to the sister friends who live far
away from the motherhouse where I am in ministry, as I was sorting through
papers that had accumulated in my book bag, I came across a reflection I had
composed 9 years ago in preparation for Final Profession. Quite frankly, I was “blown away” by what I
had written.
The Spirit had certainly
been with me during the creation of that document.
Among
the many thoughts I found in the reflection was a question one of the sisters
in my discernment circle had asked me, “What did you learn through your
experience of living with the community in Spokane?” I had replied, “I learned how much the
sisters loved me, and I learned that I loved the sisters deeply.”
That
still holds true for me. I see it in us
especially when we gather for Community Days, Jubilees, Receptions, and Professions. Despite or perhaps because of the diversity
of our personality types, upbringings, gifts, strengths, and shortcomings, we
love and support each other as we travel together along the often times bumpy
and bruised way of everyday life.
What or who gets you
through the bumpy times of life?
Where do you find your
support system?
East Dubuque, IL
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