With thanks to the Passionist nuns – ” In the Shadow of His Wings” – www.passionistnuns.org I am sharing this with you which I think is beautiful.
A nun is a woman
Who believes in the Absolute
And arises in search of it,
Laughing at all who
Speak of the imposibility of it,
for a woman, who is also a nun,
knows that the impossible
Becomes the possible in a matter of seconds,
At the bidding of the Beloved.
A nun is a woman
who has become mad,
Totally, irrevocably, mad!
For she has accepted
The standard of God’s wisdom
Which is in truth folly to man.
A nun is a woman
Hanging on the other side
of the Cross
Knowing that it becomes
His marriage bed with her
The moment she asks
“to be lifted up” with Him.
A nun is a woman
of the water and the towel,
constantly kneeling before
Mankind to wash its
Tired feet.
A nun is a woman
In love with God – hence with all humanity
Always…constantly…totally!
A nun is a prayer-
Everlastingly lifting her arms to God
for those who don’t.
A nun is a woman
who fasts,
Knowing well how fast, fast reaches
The heart of God!
A nun is a woman
Wrapped in the
Poverty of God,
The mantle of
HIs surrender, His emptying!
A nun is a woman
Who exists
To show that God exists too.
-by Catherine de Huek Docherty.
