TeresaBenedicta Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Oh man. I can't stop smiling! Soooooooooo, I go to Mass this morning, grudgingly dragging myself out of bed to make the morning Mass at my parish (all the noon Masses are a good 20/30 minutes away). I'm sitting in the second to last pew with one of my friends who will be entering the Poor Clares in a few weeks. Aaaand Mass starts, and out of the corner of my eye I see the graceful flow of something white enter the pew behind me. I recognized that habit immediately!!! A Dominican of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist!!! I could scarcely contain my excitement as I grinned to my friend beside me. And I got to talk with the Sister after Mass!!! And it was wonderful!!! And I am soooo full of joy right now!!! She's making her final vows on August 4th!!!! Apparentally she grew up going to the dominican parish about 1/2 hr from where I live, and she's out visiting her family, and one of her best friends goes to my parish! Wonderful!! God is good!!! I was just on their website last night!!! AND I dreamt about them. Hmm... Just thought I'd share my joy!
dominicansoul Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Was it Sr. Maximilian Marie, O.P.? Sr. Maria Guadalupe, O.P.? Sr. Mary Margaret, O.P.? Sr. Maria Frassati, O.P.? Sr. Amata Veritas, O.P.? edited 'cos in my excitement I left one off! oops! Edited June 11, 2009 by dominicansoul
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 [quote name='dominicansoul' post='1888499' date='Jun 11 2009, 02:37 PM'] Was it Sr. Maximilian Marie, O.P.? Sr. Maria Guadalupe, O.P.? Sr. Mary Margaret, O.P.? Sr. Maria Frassati, O.P.? Sr. Amata Veritas, O.P.? edited 'cos in my excitement I left one off! oops![/quote] Sr. Maximilian Marie!!! And she is wonderful!!! I'm not exactly accustomed to seeing religious when I'm home, lol. Back at school it's not so uncommon of an experience... but definitely rare at home!
DameAgnes Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 "Sr. Maria Frassati" - what a cool name? For Pier Giorgio, obviously. I've never heard it as a religious name before.
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 [quote name='DameAgnes' post='1888901' date='Jun 12 2009, 09:36 AM']"Sr. Maria Frassati" - what a cool name? For Pier Giorgio, obviously. I've never heard it as a religious name before.[/quote] I was thinking the same. "Pier" means "wurm" in my language, so I wasn't about to name myself Pier Giorgio, but "Frassati" is pretty cool...
AbsconditaInDeo Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 [quote name='DameAgnes' post='1888901' date='Jun 12 2009, 03:36 AM']"Sr. Maria Frassati" - what a cool name? For Pier Giorgio, obviously. I've never heard it as a religious name before.[/quote] She has cool glasses
dominicansoul Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 [quote name='DameAgnes' post='1888901' date='Jun 12 2009, 01:36 AM']"Sr. Maria Frassati" - what a cool name? For Pier Giorgio, obviously. I've never heard it as a religious name before.[/quote] She was quite thrilled when she received it. It is very unique. Not to mention, since she is named after Bl. Pier Giorgio, we used to make a lot of comments to her on how good-looking her patron is! [quote name='AbsconditaInDeo' post='1890669' date='Jun 14 2009, 07:53 PM']She has cool glasses[/quote] they are her trademark. I remember she tried on a different pair for a couple days. WE all objected. It just wasn't her!
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 *scratches head* Wasn't there a Sr. Maria Frassati at Nashville? I read entirely too much Sister gossip. Anyway. Bl. Pier Giorgio certainly is good-looking I used to tell my sister this and she said I was shallow. Probably because St. Benedict isn't half as good-looking.
puellapaschalis Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1891680' date='Jun 15 2009, 11:12 PM']Anyway. Bl. Pier Giorgio certainly is good-looking I used to tell my sister this and she said I was shallow. Probably because St. Benedict isn't half as good-looking.[/quote] St. Benedict doesn't need to look good. He's too cool for that. His coolness (which includes seeing things at an otherwise impossible distance, beat that, St. Clare, and completely snazzy exorcism skillz) surpasses mere "good looks." And you KNEW I wasn't going to let that pass, you little rascal!
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1891687' date='Jun 16 2009, 12:15 AM']St. Benedict doesn't need to look good. He's too cool for that. His coolness (which includes seeing things at an otherwise impossible distance, beat that, St. Clare, and completely snazzy exorcism skillz) surpasses mere "good looks." And you KNEW I wasn't going to let that pass, you little rascal![/quote] Just trying to keep your mind off things As someone who failed to recognise her two best friends at a 20 yard distance yesterday, I fail to see why spectacular (ha!) eyesight is so super-special. Although we are in agreement on the exorcism skills. To get back on topic, does anyone have a picture of the good sister's glasses? My community seems to have a rule that they should be as [s]boring[/s] simple as possible.
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 [quote name='she_who_is_not' post='1891719' date='Jun 16 2009, 12:30 AM']:cough: Thomas Aquinas :cough:[/quote] We actually have a rather good-looking statue of St. Thomas Aquinas at our Cathedral (yes, PP, opposite St. Bernard OSB, I know), but that's because they used the then-current bishop as a model
dominicansoul Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1891680' date='Jun 15 2009, 04:12 PM']*scratches head* Wasn't there a Sr. Maria Frassati at Nashville? I read entirely too much Sister gossip. Anyway. Bl. Pier Giorgio certainly is good-looking I used to tell my sister this and she said I was shallow. Probably because St. Benedict isn't half as good-looking.[/quote] IF there was a Sr. by that name in Nashville, I wouldn't have known. That community is too big for all the sisters to know each other personally...
DameAgnes Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='dominicansoul' post='1893169' date='Jun 16 2009, 01:28 PM']IF there was a Sr. by that name in Nashville, I wouldn't have known. That community is too big for all the sisters to know each other personally...[/quote] You said Sr. Maria Frassati was "thrilled to receive" the name...do the DSMME's select their own names (or ask for them) or does the leadership simply bestow them on the sisters? If it is not prying, may I ask what your name was and whether you liked it? Does a sister ever say, "oh, gad, I HATE my name!" Also, for Pier Giorgio fans out there: [url="http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/04/06/pier-giorgio-frassati-updated/"]http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchor...assati-updated/[/url] Also, while Bl. Pier Giorgio is good-looking, indeed, I don't know that I agree that St. Benedict was not good-looking. We don't actually know, but I've seen a few icons of the young Benedict that I thought were pretty attractive! :-)
dominicansoul Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 It's a secret I can't disclose, but I'm sure many of you might know the process of the names... My name was Sr. Miriam and I was pleasantly surprised! But now, there's a "new" Sr. Miriam, and I was kinda crushed when I heard about that... I don't know if I ever thought St. Benedict was good looking, but I know St. Dominic certainly was!!!
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) [quote name='dominicansoul' post='1893190' date='Jun 16 2009, 08:59 PM']It's a secret I can't disclose, but I'm sure many of you might know the process of the names... My name was Sr. Miriam and I was pleasantly surprised! But now, there's a "new" Sr. Miriam, and I was kinda crushed when I heard about that... I don't know if I ever thought St. Benedict was good looking, but I know St. Dominic certainly was!!! [/quote] My mum's name is Miriam I think it's one of the most beautiful versions of Mary. Edit: by the way, she's named after the religious sister who nursed my grandmother around my mother's birth! Edited June 16, 2009 by VeniteAdoremus
loveletslive Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 ahhh i LOVE those sisters. i was at their convent a few weeks ago. they are so beautiful. also, cool fact about sister maria frassati. at WYD'08 she got to "stand guard" by bl. pier giorgio frassati's body for several hours!!
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