Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Looking for a lifelong commitment? The church needs nuns, says the Pope

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DURING HIS VISIT OF VISION to Spain, the Pope assured 1,600 sisters, representing nearly 300 religious communities and institutes that the church and society continue to need the "gospel radicalism" of their religious consecration.

The pope listened to Belén González, a member of the Siervas de Maria congregation, who spoke on behalf of all the nuns present:

SISTERS AWAIT the pope's arrival at
the Monastery of San Lorenzo outside Madrid.
Photograph: Andrea Comas, Reuters
“Your Holiness, we know that the Cross placed on your shoulders by God is heavy. We want you to know that you are not carrying it alone, you can count on us who, in the silence of the cloister or in serving the Church in our work, help you in our simplicity and poverty, and with the strength that we receive from Jesus Christ”.

The Pope thanked the women religious for their “generous, total, and perpetual yes” and expressed his wish that this “yes” might “speak to young people, inspire them and illuminate them.” Read more. http://www.vocationnetwork.org/blog/spiritcitings_blog/2011/08/the_church_nee...

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