tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9677613243933064752024-03-04T22:41:18.673-08:00Like the CedarsQueen of Peace MonasteryQueen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-4947824080217393302017-10-27T16:05:00.000-07:002017-10-27T16:05:38.572-07:00Simple Vows of Sr. Elizabeth Marie of the TransfigurationOn the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, Sister Elizabeth Marie of the Transfiguration made her Simple Profession and received the black veil of a professed nun.<i> </i>It was a joyous day for all, and we thank God for the gift of her life and vocation!<br />
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Here are just a few photos from the day. You can find more in the <a href="https://www.dominicannunsbc.ca/news/" target="_blank"><b>gallery</b></a> on our (brand new!) website.<br />
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P.S. Here's a close-up of the cake. The verse is an adapted version of Isaiah 56:7<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">—</span>in full, it's "I will bring you to my holy mountain and make you joyful in my house of prayer" (only that's a bit lengthy to write in buttercream!).</div>
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-21595077798141121802017-07-22T13:37:00.002-07:002017-07-22T13:37:39.734-07:00Our New Digs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you familiar with the École biblique? Situated just outside the Old City of Jerusalem, it is the oldest biblical and archaeological centre in the Holy Land. It is also a premier place for scholars to engage at the highest scholarly level in study of the Bible and archaeology, within the geographic and historical context of the Bible. The École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem is especially noted for its role in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the excavations at Qumran. And, as a veritable institution of the Dominican Order, it is also a delectable fruit of our life and mission, thanks to the pioneering work of our patient and courageous brother, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, OP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To learn more about the vital research and many exciting initiatives of the École biblique, both past and present, take a look at <a href="http://www.ebaf.edu/en/" target="_blank">their newly enhanced website</a> which is available in French, English, Hebrew, and Arabic. You may be especially keen to peruse <i>Nouvelles de Jérusalem</i>, the bilingual French and English newsletter published three times a year, which gives an overview of work in progress in exegesis and archaeology at the École. <a href="https://www.yumpu.com/fr/document/view/58324140/nouvelles-de-jerusalem-paques-2017" target="_blank">Click here to read the most recent issue.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last but not least, I encourage you to check out the website of the <a href="http://www.cfebweb.ca/" target="_blank">Canadian Friends of the École biblique</a>. The CFEB is a non-profit, volunteer, Canadian organization that supports various projects at the École, as well as offering academic scholarships to Canadian graduate students and academics to conduct research, give lectures, or serve as visiting professors. </span><br />
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It's officially summer (sort of, kind of, rain notwithstanding) and that means that the glaciers are on full display, the sisters are outside as much as possible, and new projects are happening all over the place. </div>
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The novitiate spent a lovely Saturday afternoon learning how to make handmade paper from water, recycled scrap paper and whatever natural materials we could put our hands on. Much fun was had by all, and the local flora has now taken on a slightly different character ("It's beautiful! It's majestic! ... will it paperify?") and we hope to keep experimenting with cards, books, bookmarks, stationary...</div>
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Despite the late start to summer, the garden is in full spring. While some plants still need a little help from their (stick) friends, the rhubarb is galloping and has been since about mid-May. </div>
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Some of the ever-expanding rhubarb found its way into tartlets to celebrate a visit from Canada's papal nuncio, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi (the tart on the left is frangipane, decorated with dried fruit "leaves".)<br />
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One of the joys of monastic life is that of being assigned to work places and projects one would never have expected. About two months ago, I was assigned to the wood shop, to figure out how to make small pieces to sell in our gift shop (and, now, more frames to make paper with!). After a first month of "safety bootcamp", I still have all my fingers and am ready to go! The first project I've tackled is making small boxes using our bandsaw (also: I've learned how to repair the bandsaw). I love exploring the unique character of each piece of wood<span class="_Tgc">—these first two boxes were from scrap ends that were destined for the burn pile. I would have never imagined that there was such life lurking inside those dull, dust-covered blocks.</span></div>
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And now for something completely different: I'd like to introduce you to a brave and noble animal, common to our locale, of which I am particularly fond: </div>
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This fauna is especially beloved this year because they are <i>not</i> in the garden (unlike last year, when they ate multiple basil crops). And yes, the bears are also all over the property, but given that we have at least two mums with multiple cubs hanging out on the south field, this particular photographer is staying <i>very</i> far away. If the bear cubs want to be on the blog, they'll have to start taking selfies.<br />
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Until next time<span class="_Tgc"> (which will attempt to be more often</span><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc">, but if it's sunny out, well...)<i>,</i></span><span class="_Tgc"> </span></span>God bless!<br />
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-88893514095372679752017-04-20T17:43:00.004-07:002017-04-20T17:43:34.885-07:00Happy Easter, Happy spring!Hagiography says that Seraphim of Sarov used to greet all his guests with a prostration, a kiss, and a cry of "Christ is risen, my joy!" And so, in the first week of Paschaltide and the fifth week of spring: "Christ is risen, my joy! Christ is risen!"<br />
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Unfortunately, I don't have many photos from the Triduum--there are some times in life when it's more important to be "in the moment" than capturing that moment for social media (and frankly, juggling candles, hymnals, missals, incense and matches doesn't leave many hands free for cameras!)<br />
Suffice to say that God is good, the liturgy was beautiful and Christ is risen! And we are grateful.<br />
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In other news, Jessica, our aspirant, has been hard at work in soap room all Lent. Between the sage, cocoa peppermint swirl and the cinnamon-vanilla oatmeal scents, sometimes the soaps smell good enough to eat!<br />
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With the change in season, we've experienced a sudden influx of
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Finally, we had our first "official" bear sighting on the south field this Wednesday morning...but we also had a bear sighting on Sr. Marie Tersidis' birthday last week! The ursine in question was about four inches tall, very sweet, and thoroughly incorrigible....<br />
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Until next time: "Christ is risen, my joy, Christ is risen!" And if you want to learn more about respecting our furry neighbours as they emerge from their dens this spring, check out the <a href="http://www.bearsmart.com/" target="_blank">Get Bear Smart </a>society, an organization based out of Whistler, B.C.<br />
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-42367561720032568772017-03-30T16:03:00.001-07:002017-03-30T16:19:31.809-07:00A Bare and Unadorned Space<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The following sermon was written by Sister Jean Marie, OP ( Queen of Peace Monastery ) and preached several days ago in our communal celebration of the Joyous Chapter on the feast of the Annunciation. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the beginning, God spoke the Word, the Word he spoke was God, and through God’s Word everything came into being. In the fullness of time God’s word is en-fleshed in Jesus, the Son of God. God now dwells in our midst.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The prologue of John’s Gospel retells the creation story. God, now re-creates in his Word made flesh. The good news is that in God’s breaking into our history our capacity to be participants in the Divine nature is restored (2 Peter 1:34). There is within each human person a dynamic impetus toward eternity. God created us with the capacity for freedom; this gift of freedom provides the power of choosing good or evil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"For while gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its swift course was now half gone, your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The prophetic image found in this Wisdom text is forceful. In coming into our humanity, Jesus became a bridge that re-establishes our connection to God. Jesus Christ, Word of God made man, touches heaven and stands upon the earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the teaching of the New Testament we are frequently confronted with our need for healing and redemption. We are healed through opening our hearts to the purifying light of the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Jesus. Meister Eckhart would say that our emptiness draws the Word into our hearts—that our emptiness is the cradle for the birth of the Word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mary is our paradigm for discipleship for listening to the Holy Spirit. The Annunciation is the beginning of the mystery of our salvation. The Gospel scene is Trinitarian. The Father sends the Spirit who hovers over Mary as in the first creation, and a new humanity is born through the Word of God who takes flesh in her Virgin womb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fra Angelico depicts this mystery so well in his Annunciation found in one of the cells at San Marco, Florence. The simplicity of his presentation: Mary kneels in a bare and unadorned space, rays of light focusing on the intensity of her receptivity. She kneels in prayer bent forward intensely enfolding the Word of God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every time I am open to the movement of the Spirit I am born anew. God’s Word came into the world that we might be reborn in the grace of Christ. God’s grace is made full in us through the indwelling presence of God, and our yes to God’s work. The Divine life continually heals our brokenness when we listen deeply to the voice of the Spirit, and like Mary accept God’s Word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jesus, the Son of God enters Mary’s womb and is born in Bethlehem so that he may be born in us through grace. So, that like Mary we may become vessels of the Trinity, filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and in our turn, give birth to the Word of God through our ministry of imparting the truth of the Word to others. Through our Dominican vocation, we have been specially gifted to fulfill this Christian mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eckhart teaches that the Father births the Word, his Beloved Son in the ground of our being. Our perfecting is a lifelong process that continues until we enter the fullness of eternity. It is a gift of God, the work of the Trinity. The Father delights that His Word is born in us, and in our turn that the birth of the Word makes us fruitful bearers of the Word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Jesus, God’s steadfast love and mercy is available to all humanity. He came to establish a kingdom of peace among all peoples, as the angels foretold to the shepherds. The Gospels teach us how to become people of peace and love. We can radically become a focal point of peace by seeking to live in a non-violent way in all our dealings with each other. Each of us by seeking to live the Gospel deeply in our monastic life, loving one another intensely, sends ripples of love into our world that transforms it. We need to trust in the Holy Spirit, as Mary did, that great things could be accomplished in her and through her. God promises each of us that he will do great things in us through the power of the Holy Spirit. As we celebrate this great feast of the Annunciation, let the words of the Prophet Zephaniah echo again and again in our inmost centre: ‘I am in the midst of you’. Let us allow God to surprise us: “You are my beloved, be fruitful in the Holy Spirit. Do not be afraid I am with you always.”</span><br />
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-87564890672767031482017-03-13T10:44:00.003-07:002017-03-19T14:59:19.499-07:00Women at the Heart of Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our community received the annual Lenten <a href="https://www.devp.org/sites/www.devp.org/files/documents/materials/devpeace_sharelent2017_solidarity_calendar_en.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Solidarity Calendar</i></a> and other materials from The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, which is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis, a network of over 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations working on behalf of the poor and oppressed in 198 countries and territories. For the past couple of weeks, I've been reading this Lenten calendar with interest (and, yes, without chocolates!), along with the <a href="https://www.devp.org/sites/www.devp.org/files/documents/materials/devpeace_sharelent2017_way_of_the_cross_en.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Solidarity Way of the Cross</i></a> brochure, as part of my own Lenten journey in preparation for Easter. The theme for Lent that Development and Peace / Caritas Canada is focusing on this year is: <i>Women at the Heart of Change</i>, highlighting some of the challenges that many girls and women face around the world.</span><br />
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<br />Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-32025997387869609342017-02-12T18:51:00.000-08:002017-02-12T18:51:31.408-08:00Let it Snow<span style="font-family: inherit;">With over 60 centimeters of snow last week, winter is still going strong in the Squamish Valley. As the prophet Daniel says, "Ice and snow, bless the Lord!"</span><br />
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On January 21st, a number of us traveled to St. Mary's in Vancouver to celebrate the closing of the 800th Jubilee of the Order of Preachers with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Michael Miller. After the Mass, there was a reception with many of our local Dominican friars, active sisters and laity.<br />
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On Candlemas (the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady and the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, February 2), we had the blessing of the candles and a procession.<br />
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After the most recent round of snow, some of the novitiate organized a sledding party. There was just one problem: there was too much snow! Our initial attempts at going...anywhere...were stymied by the sheer amount of powder. <br />
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We haven't just been snow shoveling and celebrating, though. Our novitiate is still sharing in a monastic history class once a week (via internet videoconferencing) with <a href="http://summitdominicans.org/" target="_blank">Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery</a> in Summit, New Jersey. Starting in mid-January, we had the treat of welcoming Fr. Terrence Kardong, OSB (a Benedictine monk of <a href="http://www.assumptionabbey.com/" target="_blank">Assumption Abbey</a> in North Dakota) for a series of lectures on John Cassian's <i>Conferences</i> and <i>Institutes</i>, which we also shared with <a href="http://www.opbronx.org/" target="_blank">Corpus Christi Monastery</a> in the Bronx. To find out more about those classes, and one way that the prudent use of technology has actually enhanced our cloistered life, check out a lovely blog post written by Summit entitled, <a href="http://summitdominicans.org/blog/2017/1/26/cloistered-nuns-technology" target="_blank">"Cloistered Nuns and Technology.</a>" My favourite part of these shared classes is not only having the opportunity to receive high quality formation courses without having to leave the monastery, but being able to "meet", talk, study and laugh with sisters in formation in our monasteries on the other side of the continent. It's a real gift of community.<br />
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Finally, for the record: cookie sheets do not make good snowboards (not enough curve at the tip). However, the sight one morning of a certain novice (aherm, myself) trying to ride down the switchback during a shovelling break provided some good amusement for the sisters with south-facing cell windows.<br />
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--Sr. Marie Thomas Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-24365781760274127722017-02-04T10:53:00.001-08:002017-02-04T10:56:03.458-08:00In Prayerful Solidarity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) wishes to express its deep sadness and distress at the loss of life resulting from the terrorist attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre. The members of the CRC are in prayerful solidarity with the Quebec Moslem community. "We wish to offer our sincere condolences to all families in the grief following this heinous act," said Sister Michelle Payette, MIC, President of the CRC. "We are all created by the One God, sisters and brothers here on earth. In the face of this tragedy, we need to redouble our effort in favour of inter-religious dialogue, a task already involving many of our communities in Quebec and throughout Canada."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are interested in reading the full statement, or in learning more about the CRC, <a href="http://www.crc-canada.org/en/terrorist-attack-quebec-islamic-cultural-centre" target="_blank">click here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For seven days, the great <i>O Antiphons</i> have resounded from monasteries and Christian communities around the world, unanimously calling for the Messiah. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We look back, and now discern our Lord's encrypted response: the mysterious 'Ero Cras.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, the Bridegroom answers: 'Ero Cras.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- to govern all creation with my strong yet tender care, and to show my people the way to salvation . . .<i> O Wisdom.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>-- </i>to show myself, put a new law in your hearts, to stretch out my mighty hand and to set you free . . . <i>O Ancient Lord.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- to be a sign for all peoples and in my Presence, kings and nations will be silent, will bow in worship, in adoration . . . <i>O Flower of Jesse's Stem.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> -- </i>to open prison's doors and lead the captive peoples into freedom . . . <i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- with the Splendour of eternal light, as Sun of Justice: to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death . . . <i>O Radiant Dawn.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- to save the creature I fashioned from the dust and be the joy of every human heart . . . <i> </i></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the darkness of night</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- lowly shepher<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ds perc<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eived the shimmering of light and heard a myriad of voices, voices <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of ang<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">els </span>singing</span></span></span>, 'G<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lory to God in the highest and peace to all pe<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">oples on earth.' These silent <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ones become the first to preach the Word. Those who were outcasts<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, were brought near and went forth to announce the good news o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f the Saviour.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he darkness of night</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- in the midst of silence, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your mighty Word, Lord, came down from heaven.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">silent night</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O night of promise</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> night of infin<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ite love</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O necessary night, preceding the dawn<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: </span>as surely as the dawn He shall come</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O holy night </span></span> </span> </span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A thrill of hope, the wear<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y world re<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">joices</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For yonder b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reaks a new and glorious morn</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fall on your knees! O, hear the ang<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">el voices!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O night divine, the night when Christ was born.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-58367571418469760942016-12-08T09:39:00.000-08:002016-12-08T09:40:44.738-08:00A Cairn for Our Conversation<div style="text-align: center;">
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In mid-October, we had ongoing formation classes with Fr. Emmerich Vogt, O.P. of the Western Dominican Province. This was followed by a second round of classes from Chilliwack potter Tom Sproule. A few more test-fires of our locally sourced glazes, and visitors to our monastery should start to see some new additions to the gift shop—mugs, tea bowls, tumblers and yarn bowls, for starters!<br />
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Finally, on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7), our postulant Bronwyn received the habit of the Order of Preachers and her new name, Sister Marie Thomas of the Divine Word. Sister comes to us from not too far away—born in a port town in <span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">northern </span><st1:state style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;" w:st="on">British Columbia</st1:state><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">, she grew up
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We asked sister why she asked to receive the name Thomas, after St. Thomas Aquinas O.P, and instead of a brief answer, she gave us a discourse:<br />
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the library’s mezzanine floor and sit leaning against the </span><span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summa Theologiae</span><span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">. If I didn’t have an excuse to study it in-depth, at least I could pray to absorb it via osmosis! St. Thomas Aquinas became a kind of older brother in thought as well as in faith, someone who I could </span><s style="font-style: italic;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">argue </span></s><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>dispute with about ideas like 'To what extent are created things knowable and describable in their essence and in their accidents?' </i>(answer: go read Pieper's "Silence of St. Thomas") <i>or 'If a mosquito bit Jesus while he was walking around Galilee, would that be the same as if a mosquito fell into the Precious Blood at Mass?' or 'Do words have intrinsic meaning connected to the essence of things, or are they merely arbitrary symbols with little relation to the essence of things?' Because, as I learned, such questions don’t count as casual conversation in most social situations (Then again, 'And that will settle the Manichees!' probably doesn’t either. And this one time, in the court of King Louis of </i><st1:country-region style="font-style: italic;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region><i>, a certain Dominican friar...).</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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And of course, no matter what else is going on in the kitchen, workshop or life of the community, we continue to pray for you, all those enrolled in our prayers and all the needs of our world—that the peace of Our Lord might especially help those peoples and areas suffering from war, terrorism or natural disaster. </div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jesus also told them a parable: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher. Why do you see the speck in your neighbour's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, 'Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour's eye."</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When, for example, people talk too enthusiastically <i>about</i> the beauty of trees, presumably they have not been near a tree for a long time. Trees are great silent beings, and they make us silent when we are near them. Thomas Merton once said: "No writing on the solitary meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When people talk too enthusiastically <i>about</i> Jesus we need not take it as proof that they know what they are talking about. They may be talking theories and ideas; all the ingredients may be there, but no spark. If there is no reticence, no silence between the words, no sense of being in the heart of mystery, then the words might not mean much.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In moments of deep silence, we 'know'; we don't 'know about'. There is a big difference between these. 'Knowing about' is theoretical knowledge. That word 'about' is like a wedge between the person and the thing. We insert it because we don't want to lose ourselves or to give ourselves up; we want to remain in control.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Why do you see the speck in your neighbour's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?" The way to stop judging others is to get rid of this distancing word 'about'. There is no distance. The speck in your brother's eye is a chip off the plank that is in your own. Jesus saw projection long before psychology identified it. Therefore he exhorts us again and again: <i>Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i> </span></span>Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-46825487323989605592016-08-13T11:10:00.002-07:002016-08-13T11:10:36.157-07:00Happy Golden Jubilee Sr. Mary BernadetteOn July 16, Sr. Mary Bernadette celebrated 50 years of religious life as a nun of the Order of Preachers. Born and raised in California, she originally entered Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park (just outside of San Francisco) in 1961 and made profession on March 7, 1966. After hearing the master of the Order's call for volunteers to help establish and English-speaking Dominican monastery in Canada, she headed north in 2000 and hasn't stopped radiating the love of Christ (and sharing her baking skills) since.<br />
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After a joyful Mass celebrated by Bishop Gary Gordon of Victoria and a number of local clergy, we retired for further festivities, accompanied by a light luncheon and some communal jocularity. With over 200 of sister's family and friends in attendance, an awesome time was had by all!<br />
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-70762277754019225552016-06-09T07:10:00.000-07:002016-06-09T07:10:16.695-07:00Happy Month of the Sacred HeartJune is upon us already<span class="_Tgc">—</span>where did May go?<br />
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Most sisters' vegetable and flower gardens are underway, and there were a few weeks where it was normal to find seedlings stashed on window ledges, in the corridors, in the basement<span class="_Tgc">—</span>anyplace with a bit of sun and protection from hungry mice.<br />
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Some swallows found a soffit vent that blew loose in a winter storm, and it now appears that we have some diminutive tenants residing in the roof outside the novitiate wing. They're very tidy, and one can often catch them using the loose vent as a singing perch on sunny afternoons.<br />
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Sr. Ann Francis O.P., a professor at a local university, came for a week to teach us a course on St. Thomas Aquinas's treatment of the body and the soul. Thanks to her generosity, our heads and notebooks are now stuffed with concepts like the hylomorphic union of body and soul, the soul as the form of the body, and the distinction between the intellectual and appetitive powers of the soul. While she was here, a generous benefactor donated crates and crates of beautiful red strawberries, and we had a strawberry hulling party! Many were eaten fresh, but the remainder were frozen to be consumed or turned into jam at a later date.</div>
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back some 30,000 years into the captivating Upper Paleolithic shadows of prehistory: the entrancingly earthy fusion, and
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potter-in-residence, Sister Mary Magdalen Coughlin, we were given a thoughtful
introduction that gently honed our skills in throwing on the wheel. It was a privilege to watch and learn
from Tom. We hope to have him back
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Growing up, a favourite stop on
family road trips was a little town named Coombs, located on Vancouver Island.
Packed into our Lilliputian red Subaru four-door, and generally afflicted by a
combination of road trip agonies (including the middle-seat engine hump, the
gradual shellac of gum wrappers to knee and a variety of cries ranging from
“You’re my faaaaavourite sister!” to “Coleslaw’s a fascist regime!”), all
discord in the back seat was immediately forgotten as we pulled off the Highway
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of the <a href="http://www.oldcountrymarket.com/" target="_blank">Old Country Market</a>. When Kristian and Solveig Graaten built the market
in the 1950s, they decided to include a sod roof—an energy efficient method of
construction common (at the time) near Kristian’s original home of Lillehammer,
Norway. Once the grass started getting too long, someone had the bright idea of
“borrowing” some goats to keep it mowed—and they’ve been there every spring and
summer since. They wander around on the roof, munching grass and generally
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word has come to mean thoughts and mental distractions that come to lead us
away from Christ—quite often at the point where one is trying the hardest to
pray! In his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Praktikos & Chapters on
Prayer</i>, Evagrius divides them into eight general categories of gluttony,
impurity, avarice, sadness, anger, acedia, vainglory and pride, and says that
every distracting and disquieting thought can find its roots in one of these
categories. Left unchecked, these thoughts wander all over in our mind, chew up
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Don’t get me wrong, I love those goats on a roof. But what if, on those childhood
goat-and-ice-cream stops, my entire family was so fascinated by those goats
that we forgot our destination (Tofino, beaches, camping, the ultimate goodness
of S’mores), the basic necessities required to get us there (gas, food, water,
bathrooms, sunscreen, endless games of “I’m thinking of an animal”) and perhaps
even tried to climb onto the roof to get a closer look at the goats’ wanderings?
Consequences could have ranged from annoyance and delay to actual danger and
the end of our trip together.</div>
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So, too, with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">logismoi</i> and trying to follow Paul’s
exhortation to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:17).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this is not to try to stop thinking
entirely—that would be absurd. But, as Ecclesiastes says, “To every thing there
is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”—and the monastic
schedule makes some of those times really clear! Figuring out ways to use
spruce tips in cooking, or pondering a metaphor for a poem, or wondering if it
would be better to plant carrots or bok choy in the garden are all valuable
uses of the discursive reason—but if I’m munching on them in the middle of
Adoration, it’s a pretty good sign that I’m following a thought goat.</div>
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So, what to do? In the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Praktikos</i>, Evagrius says that “it is not
in our power to determine whether we are disturbed by these thoughts, but it is
up to us to decide if they are to linger within us or not and whether or not they
are to stir up our passions.” If each distracting thought, good or bad, is a
goat, then if I pay attention, it’s like I’m offering the goat grass and
inviting it to climb into the car with me and make a nice goat bed and maybe
come camping with me too. I’ve never tried to roust a goat from a Subaru
four-door, but I imagine that it’s pretty difficult! </div>
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I have tried (am trying) to roust
out <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">logismoi—</i>and from what I can see
from the lives of the Desert Ammas and Abbas, it’s a long fight in which
victory consists not in banishing all the l<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ogismoi</i>,
but in not being disturbed and distracted when they do pop up. Various writers
have called this state <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">apatheia</i>,
purity of heart, recollection, interior silence or unceasing prayer, and
descriptions of how to reach this state are pretty much unlimited.</div>
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But for me, I’ve discovered a
simple and effective slogan to help me remember what I’m supposed to do: Don’t
feed the thought goats!</div>
Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-70354813317194395862016-04-18T20:11:00.001-07:002016-04-18T20:18:33.408-07:00Contemplative Practices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here." </span></div>
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-74151389682063966662016-04-03T14:20:00.000-07:002016-04-03T14:20:21.270-07:00Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!Happy Easter from all of us here at Queen of Peace Monastery!<br />
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A little rain didn't dampen our Paschal fire (or our Paschal joy!), because Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen (or, as they say, Christus resurrexit! Ressurexit vere!) And now, the sun is out and we continue to exult and celebrate for the rest of Paschaltide.<br />
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Here are a few pictures from our celebrations<span class="_Tgc">, including the surprise we'd been cooking up since mid-February</span><span class="_Tgc">—Easter bread that was blessed and given away after the Easter Vigil!</span><br />
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<span class="_Tgc">So, we wish you and yours a happy and blessed Easter. You are all in our prayers.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Light of Christ, Alleluia!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Easter aspergillum and aspersorium (implements used to sprinkle holy water).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Paschal candle, hand-poured by Sr Dominic Maria and Sr Florentina Marie, and then painted by Sr Isabelle. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Elizabeth Marie with her first batch of bread!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun shone for the entire Octave!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tucker with his "Easter Egg."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lotti with Tucker's Easter Egg (She did get one of her own, honest<span class="_Tgc">—s</span>he prefers his).</td></tr>
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Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-4382335019645964992016-03-23T13:15:00.000-07:002016-03-24T09:22:41.768-07:00Into Loving Communion with All of Life<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For Christian churches using the Gregorian calendar to calculate their feast days, this past Sunday was Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of what is called Passion Week or, in popular parlance, Holy Week. Centered upon commemorating a culminating series of events in the life of Christ, this entire week leads up to the "feast of feasts" known as Easter Sunday or the Great and Holy Pascha, wherein the death and life-giving Resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated. At this moment in the liturgical season, we are entering an extraordinary time that draws our awareness <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in</span>to the mystery of a life that is stronger than death, and so much bigger than ourselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If, as Dante once wrote, love moves the sun and other stars, then it surely has been mov<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing</span> them in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an enchanting</span> way</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, recently</span>. This past Sunday also happened to be, for those of us residing in lands throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the day in which the celestial phenomenon of the Vernal Equinox occurred. You may recall that equinoxes are annual events, taking place in March and also in September, when the Sun's cent<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r</span>e crosses Earth's equator in such a way that the hours of daylight and night are roughly of equal length<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moreover, for many <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">people, the Vernal E<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">quino<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">x symbolically inaugurates the beginning of springtime, the much <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">anticipated</span> se<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ason<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of nature <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in which the death-like dormancy of winter gives way to new life. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lately, I've been thinking of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">how I am but one little human being on planet Earth, immerse<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d in the margins of these cosmic <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">death-and-life rhythms, as I begin working our cultivated land<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span> around the monastery, doing what I can to assist our fr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ui<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">trees in their growth <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and preparing the soil for the seed that will be sown <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">later t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">his spring. I've already pruned the deadwood and water sprouts <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of</span> the mature pear trees. A<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nd<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, later this week, I hope to remove the mounds of decayi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g maple and al<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">de<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r</span> leaves that</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> are currently blanketing the garden b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eds, and begin lightly turning<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>up the soil to mi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">x<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the ash we<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'v<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e</span> been collecti<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g from our fireplace and wood stove<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span> all winter <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">long. As every relatively proficient <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">farmer or gardener<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> knows, pruning encour<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ages new and vigo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rou<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s growth while amending the soil <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">organic materials such as wood ash, a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nim<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">al<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> bones, manure, or composted food scraps, helps bring <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">about nourishing and fertile soil conditions in which plants thrive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">c</span>arrying out these and<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> other horticultural tasks in the day<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s ahead, I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">know I shall be happily steeped <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nd<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> stained in <i>humus</i> throughout this Holy Week, and beyond. Wh<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at is so</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">joy-inducing</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">about</span></span> dirt, you a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sk<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">? <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in such bliss<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> because it is precisely<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> here</span> and, in fact,<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><i>eve<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rywhere</span></i>, that you and I can enter more <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">consciously, more intentionally, more deeply, in<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to loving communion<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with </span>all of life.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>This is<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but one <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">immens<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ely<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> profound</span></span></span></span> facet of the meaning, and vast reality, of the Resurrection<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span> </span> </span>As the noted French th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eologia<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> Olivier Clément<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> beautifully e<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lucidates: "Chris<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Resurrection is not merely an increased assurance that our souls are immortal. Its purpose is to rekindle life and love throughout the enti<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">re e<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">arth<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: </span></span></span></span></span></span>every living being and every object, every moment, every person, everythi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ng<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, in fact, from a blade of grass to the gal<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">axies<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of outer space."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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The title of this post might be a
bit of a misnomer—as Dominicans, we follow the Rule of St. Augustine, not the
Rule of St. Benedict. But there are some basic commonalities in the monastic
family (and, frankly, the human family), regardless of rule, and one of those
is the necessity of work.</div>
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As contemplatives, our primary work
is, of course, offering a continuous sacrifice of praise to God through the
liturgy. Still, just as Jesus did not spend his entire earthly life in the <st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place> or synagogue, but
"devoted most of the years of his life on earth to manual
work at the carpenter's bench" (<a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Laborem
Exercens Ch.6</span></a>) ,<span style="background: white; font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span>we also work with our hands to cook, clean and
take care of the needs of the monastery and our beloved guests. Some sisters
sew and mend our habits; others manage the finances or coordinate the liturgy;
others take care of the archives, work in the print shop or manage the library.
In the summer, we also plant, weed and harvest fruits and vegetables for the
table. Each person is called upon to serve according to the talents and
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We are privileged enough, though,
to have the time and resources to engage in work over and above the basic
household chores and necessities of life. Thus, some sisters make handmade
candles and natural soaps; others bake delectable treats to-order; others write
sacred icons, or write books in various genres.</div>
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Since February, one of our resident
craftswomen, Sr. Mary Magdalene, has been so good as to welcome the novitiate
into the workshop to teach us two of her (many) specialties: pottery and wood
carving. Sr. Elizabeth Marie is learning the way of the chisel and gouge;
meanwhile, yours truly is attempting to become more centered (pun absolutely
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Sr. Elizabeth Marie can speak to
her carving experience at a later date, but for me, I know that it's interesting
to learn the ways of working with a material that I have absolutely no
familiarity with. Turns out that trying to knead (or "wedge") the
clay like bread is the absolutely best way to work air bubbles <i>into</i> the lump, rather than <i>out</i> of it like you're supposed to. Not a
few times I've scrambled hurriedly up the hill from workshop to Vespers, only
to realize that I used too much water when spinning and am now covered in clay
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And the experience of trying to
wrestle four pound lumps of clay into (hopefully) vertical creations has also
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...may your fast be joyful, and may your joy be in Christ!Queen of Peace Novitiatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188906154917999072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967761324393306475.post-65284994895517494842016-02-23T18:42:00.002-08:002016-02-24T09:24:32.262-08:00Varieties of Exile<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"In the third summer of the war I began to meet refugees." So begins the opening sentence in <i>Varieties of Exile</i>, a compelling short story penned by the immensely talented <a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mavis-gallant/" target="_blank">Canadian writer Mavis Gallant</a>. I recently came across it this past month, discovering it in a hefty 1180 page anthology of Canadian Literature that I am currently sipping and savouring in my nightly reading rituals. The particular tome I am perusing focuses on the English-language literature of Canada and not the equally captivating and wonderful worlds of Aboriginal and French-language Canadian literature. (Concerning the latter, I have on my mind to next read <i>Récits de voyages</i>, the travel accounts of Jacq<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ues Car<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tier.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What Gallant touches upon in th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is</span> irresistible story is a keen uncoverin<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g of the phenomena of 'otherness' and the sense of being 'out-of-p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">la<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ce' in one's ph<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sical, p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sychological, soci<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">al</span>, and cultural milieu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s. In fact, the 's<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tory behind the story' of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Varieties of Exile</i>, is the large number of refugees Gallant herself witnessed arriving in Montreal through<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">out the duration of the Second World War. In<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">deed, the subject of exile is a shining <i>leitmotif</i> that Gallant has wo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ven throughout much of her li<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">terary wor<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">k.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To me, what is especially interesting about <i>Varieties of Exile </i>is the oblique way in which Gallant explores refugee-re<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lated themes such as displacement and alienation. For example, the<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> dialog<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ue Gallant creates between her characters is not direct but a muted, Proust-like, and fully nuanced pattern of interpe<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rsonal exchange. Also, Gallant portrays her characters with<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> an i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ntriguing kind of reticence that serves as a deeper<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> sign and signification within the narrative, bringing the reader beyond what is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">said explicitly and to actively make a link with the human experi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ence of ambiguity and uncertainty.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alas, art meets the vi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cissitudes of life. Having just finished reading Gallant's powerful prose, I cannot help but reflect on how some of the thematic elements in her story un<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dou<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">btedly resonate with the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">plight of the 59.5 million people displaced by war, intrastate <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">strife, and human rights violations last year, alone. David <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hollenbach, SJ, who serves as Director <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College, has written <a href="http://americamagazine.org/issue/rights-refugees" target="_blank">a skillful synopsis of the current refugee crisis </a>that examines, pointedly, the obligations toward refugees that ari<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">se from our common humanity. Numbered among these millions are our sisters and brothers of the Dominican family who daily share in the we<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">arying precariousness of displacement, as <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">displaced persons them<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">selves. Sister Maria <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hanna, OP has ch<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ronicled the violence, civil unrest, and humanitarian challenges that she<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and the people of Iraq are presently dealing with. I highly recommend reading <a href="http://www.op.org/en/content/letter-dominican-sisters-iraq" target="_blank">her letters of July 22nd, 2</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.op.org/en/content/letter-dominican-sisters-iraq" target="_blank">015</a> a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nd of <a href="http://www.op.org/en/content/2015-highlights-dominican-sister-iraq" target="_blank">Janu</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.op.org/en/content/2015-highlights-dominican-sister-iraq" target="_blank">ary 15th, 2016</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as well as</span> this <a href="http://www.op.org/en/content/run-isis-stories-iraq" target="_blank">on-the-ground account</a> by mult<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">imedia journalist Lauren Bohn.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Consider joining us in praying for the needs of refugee<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s, and for peace, in loving solidarity with our Dominican sisters and brothers who are cu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rrently minister<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing to the displaced and dispossessed in Iraq, and beyond. Ther<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e is a prayer below that you can use.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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His love is my solitude."</div>
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In other news, here are some recent photos of around the monastery that we haven't had the chance to share yet. You might say that it's been a bit damp lately, as our snow is almost completely gone, and Pilchuk Creek is, well...let's say that our Polar Bear swim spot is now decidedly unswimmable...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, from way back...we walked out of the novitiate this morning to find these funny little mushrooms encased in ice (courtesy of a hose we left on at a trickle to stop it from freezing).</td></tr>
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