TheresaThoma Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Nunsense, I'm so excited for you! I'm also grateful that I got to know you through this forum.Even though I didn't "talk" much with you, I always loved reading your responses in threads because I knew that it would be a very balanced approach with lots of wisdom! I pray that you will be showered with blessings and know that you will always be in my prayers!
BarbTherese Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Today in Australia, it is Sunday 25th March 2012. I am very conscious today that nunsense will enter OLR tomorrow, Feast of The Annunciation, and my prayer is that she will find her place for life there in OLR and in Peace and in Joy.
InPersonaChriste Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Prayers for nunsense! I will be thinking of you while I am performing!
Nunsense Posted March 25, 2012 Author Posted March 25, 2012 Thank you all for the prayers - my sister-in-law was very touched when I told her that so many people are praying for their daughter. They got back from the hospital late and then they needed to talk, so it is late and I need sleep, but I just wanted to say that I appreciate all your loving support for me and my family.
Nunsense Posted March 25, 2012 Author Posted March 25, 2012 [quote name='BarbaraTherese' timestamp='1332652514' post='2407749'] Today in Australia, it is Sunday 25th March 2012. I am very conscious today that nunsense will enter OLR tomorrow, Feast of The Annunciation, and my prayer is that she will find her place for life there in OLR and in Peace and in Joy. [/quote] Now I am on the other side of the world, I am a little behind you. Tomorrow is Sunday for me (or today since it is after midnight) and hopefully the day will be a little more peaceful than yesterday, but we will all be spending it fairly quietly. Thank you for your good wishes for me on Monday.
BarbTherese Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) [quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1332671300' post='2407802'] Now I am on the other side of the world, I am a little behind you. Tomorrow is Sunday for me (or today since it is after midnight) and hopefully the day will be a little more peaceful than yesterday, but we will all be spending it fairly quietly. Thank you for your good wishes for me on Monday. [/quote] Thank you for taking time for the update, nunsense. I forget about these differing time zones. Hence, my Tuesday will be your Monday and the big day - and I will be keeping this in mind on my Tuesday. You are permanently in my special intentions and since a contemplative community prays for my special intentions daily, far far better than I shall be praying for you. I am so hoping and prayerfully that OLR will prove to be THE PLACE and that we will be able to follow you in your journey and not only in prayer. You have had a truly amazing journey to date that has asked absolute Faith, trust and confidence in The Lord and despite much pain I am sure, you have met all the challenges as they came along trusting in God and His Grace. This has given light to what seems to me to have been at times a very dark path for you. What a wonderful witness to, and example of, God's Grace you are - and most especially (but not only) to those discerning religious life. I hope your Sunday tomorrow will be a quiet one and all you hope and need it to be. Edited March 25, 2012 by BarbaraTherese
maximillion Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Thinking of you today and prayers for tomorrow and onwards. May He bless you and yours..............
regina_coeli Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Hope that someday you will be web mistress, and update often about Benedictine life. Until then, dear Nunsense, you are in my thoughts and prayers!
Mary's Margaret Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Well, Nunsense, tomorrow you enter OLR, and with you go all our prayers. Like others, I hope we can hear from time to time how you're doing. i know you will be greatly blessed. Please pray for us.
Nunsense Posted March 26, 2012 Author Posted March 26, 2012 Sorry I haven't responded to everyone but I do appreciate all the good wishes and prayers. It is late again so I am signing off and will be back online in a week. Early rising tomorrow for my flight, and I still have to repack my bags. Be assured that my prayers are also with all of you.
Immanuel Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Today is the big day! My prayers are with you, Nunsense. God bless you.
DevotedtoHim Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Wow. I am catching up on a lot. This looks like a gorgeous place. I hope you find exactly what you need there, Nunsense. Good luck!And God bless you.
Nunsense Posted April 2, 2012 Author Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) Thank you again everyone for your kind thoughts and prayers. I have been here one week now and am so at peace and so happy I don't really have words to describe it. I have been staying in the guest house this past week and there have been many wonderful people coming through but today I moved into a room above the chaplain's quarters because the nuns want me to have more solitude and privacy right now. There is no permanent chaplain yet but we do have one coming for Holy Week from Wednesday through Sunday and he will be discerning whether he wants to come back and live here for a year. That would be so wonderful for the nuns as they have been without a resident priest for awhile now. The priest who is coming is considering a more contemplative life so this week will be a chance for him to see if he likes it enough to commit for a year. Please pray that he does so! The Office has been so beautiful and of course very complicated right now as well, and I am told it gets even more so as Holy Week progresses. I simply love the Latin Office and Gregorian chant so much. One of the recent guests is an Oblate who knows the chant very well and she helped the land program intern and myself rehearse some of the chants and hymns. This Wednesday we have a lot more guests coming, as many of the Oblates want to be here for Holy Week and Easter. I am glad I won't be living in the guest house with them (too much activity for me) but it will be nice to meet them all the same. I must get off to bed now but just wanted to touch base with everyone. I will write more after Easter and also post some photos. Have a very blessed Holy Week and Easter everyone. Edited April 2, 2012 by nunsense
AnneLine Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 So glad to hear this, Nunsense! Pray for us. "Pictures or it didn't happen" .
BarbTherese Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Wonderful news, nunsense - and looking forward to your next post with pics. Sounds like a busy time all in all with the prepartion for Holy Week and Easter and that some privacy and peace out of a rather busy guest house will be welcome. Will keep it in prayer that Father stays for the year - keep us all in yours............God bless and a very blessed Holy Week and Easter to you and all the sisters at OLR. Are you still in some sort of discernment, and if so for how long before postulancy? I am not au fait with these modern ways of entering monastic life - Barb
marigold Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 [quote name='BarbaraTherese' timestamp='1333358619' post='2411759'] Are you still in some sort of discernment, and if so for how long before postulancy? I am not au fait with these modern ways of entering monastic life - Barb [/quote] Since she won't be on till next week - I believe the procedure is to live in guest quarters for a couple of months and then move inside the enclosure to start postulancy.
Jennifer Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 [i]I'm so happy to hear that you are settling in your new home.................my prayers for your discernment . [/i]
BarbTherese Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 [quote name='marigold' timestamp='1333359217' post='2411760'] Since she won't be on till next week - I believe the procedure is to live in guest quarters for a couple of months and then move inside the enclosure to start postulancy. [/quote] Thank you
marigold Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Why do I always have this horrible sense of loss whenever someone enters? I had it with Faith and Aya Sophia as well. Happy because they're going off to do what they love most, and because nuns are great generally. But sort of sad and like I've lost something very precious.
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