The Boston community is large enough to have all day adoration on Thursdays. During the week, there is exposition only in the mornings. (Not having a monastic lifestyle, we can't really manage more than that, but it is certainly nice.)
The sisters seemed to really enjoy my presentations on the Founder. Tomorrow I head back to Chicago, but I'll be back in July to give the presentation to one last group.
On a sad note, while taking a walk here around our woods, I noticed that our fabulous raspberry briars had been cleared away. I guess the guys thought they were just brambles, but they were the finest raspberries on the planet. I loved getting all covered up in protective gear to pick those ruby-like berries, so sweet and pure. So ... a bit of mourning, too. (Jesus, I want to see those raspberries in heaven with you!)
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Sorry to hear about the raspberry bush, maybe one of the SIster ordered for it to be taken out???? I enjoyed reading this entry because I have always wondered how often adoration lasts inside a motherhouse for such a huge but wonderful community!!!!!! But every community is different when it comes to prayer life and adoration times, I know the Sisters at my high school their motherhouse has 24hr adoration exposition, and compared to you and the community its a whole lot different!!!!!!
Re: Adoration, we have a daily Hour of Adoration, plus lots of other prayer time. It's just that we can't sustain perpetual adoration. Nor is it our charism: the founder established the Disciples of the Divine Master for that. (The sister disciples make TWO hours of adoration: one is "theirs" and the other is for the Pauline Family.)
Re: raspberries, it doesn't matter how or why. It's just that they're gone.
Thanks be to God for the continued
adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament! Mother Teresa often noted that her Order took off after the daily Holy Hour was established. How we need souls at the feet of Jesus choosing that 'better part'.
Ave Maria!
Great picture!
We only recently began to put the Bible on the altar in front of the Eucharist, to show the connection of the two tables.
For anyone who may read this, I can testify that Sr Anne's talks were fabulous!
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