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Written by Barbara Carey, rscj
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 |
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"We all know that we are in the midst of a social and cultural
upheaval; a new civilization is being created. Our world, and within
it religious life, is experiencing the pangs of giving birth; it is a
painful and messy moment but also a beautiful and exciting one. What
have touched you during these months are values that, consciously or
unconsciously, humanity is crying for. We are at a turning point in
history, but this time, you and I, all of us, are agents of change. . .
. Every birth is a wondrous mystery (a mystery that inspires wonder)
that calls for a new song…. The history of religious life is a
remarkable story of change, of adaptation, of re-focusing of the
charism and mission; in other words, it is the story of one great act
of giving birth. Our future lies in our capacity, your capacity, to
give birth and thus revitalize our mission and structures across time.
The fate of our Society is in your hands, as it is in ours. Your song,
your incarnational creativity in living out our charism, our mission,
will be an expression of your faithfulness, an act of giving birth."
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Written by RSCJ.org Admin
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Monday, 28 July 2008 |
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We in the US Province affirm our fundamental identity as women summoned
by God’s love revealed in Jesus. With a common refrain across the
province we acknowledge that our communion with the Triune God, who is
Holy Mystery and Sacred Presence in our universe, is the ground of our
being. Prayer and intimacy with God in the Pierced Heart of Jesus is
the wellspring of all that we are and do, and everything in our lives
flows from it. Fed by prolonged times of contemplative silence and
solitude, we offer our lives daily, generously, in cooperation with the
transforming power of the Spirit, to further God’s work of healing and
redemption. The mystery of Incarnation—the conviction that God has
taken flesh among us—alerts us to know God in humanness: our own and
that of others. We know ourselves as members of the body of Christ
where Eucharist is lived daily both in celebration and in acts of
solidarity with all. The call to be “wholly contemplative /wholly
apostolic” resonates deeply within our hearts and challenges us to be
women who engage the world around us with the intuitions and
convictions that come from deep within the heart of Christ, a heart
that, throughout our lives, we come to know and love above all else.
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Written by Justine Lyons,RSCJ
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Friday, 20 October 2006 |
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What is it that fills our hearts?
What is it that we really want?
Are we so pre-occupied with what we have to accomplish, with doing things
right, with measuring up, with meeting expectations that we can not
attend to the emptiness of our hearts?
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Written by RSCJ.org
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Thursday, 12 October 2006 |
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Eve of All Saints’ Day, 1854
We prepare for the feast of All Saints with peaceful joy. There are millions of saints in heaven…some who are close to us. There are those who met with the same challenges, the same temptations, the same passions that we have. There are some who faced enormous difficulties. So we can attain – in fact we hope for – heaven. That is why we are here today. We look forward to the same heaven; we expect to enjoy the same God. What a powerful encouragement!
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Written by Terry Monroe, rscj
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Thursday, 12 October 2006 |
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This essay by Terry Monroe, RSCJ originally appeared in RSCJ Occasional Papers of Fall 1995. Even though more than ten years have passed, the content still speaks to issues that are very alive for us today. Since no Word document is extant, the essay is provided here only in the PDF format.
Click here for PDF version of the article.
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