Comments on: Abandonment to Divine Providence http://anunslife.org/2008/11/13/abandonment-to-divine-providence/ Catholic Sisters and Nuns in Today's World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:32:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eleanor Burne-Jones http://anunslife.org/2008/11/13/abandonment-to-divine-providence/#comment-16661 Eleanor Burne-Jones Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:37:25 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=790#comment-16661 That's fascinating, thanks very much. I will go do more reading on this! Warmest blessings. That’s fascinating, thanks very much. I will go do more reading on this! Warmest blessings.

]]> By: John http://anunslife.org/2008/11/13/abandonment-to-divine-providence/#comment-16647 John Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:15:32 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=790#comment-16647 According to Cassade, abandonment has little to with sitting around and waiting...it is about actively responding to God's will! Every thing that happens I life is a part of His design, our vocation is to actively respond in a way that will enable us to better know, love and serve Him. I read Cassade while I traveled to see my Dad who was to undergo surgery for a brain tumor. It completely changed my response to this very difficult situation. My brothers shied from situations where my father was weakened or needed assistance with basic bodily functions. It was easy to leave it to Mom. This too was my nature! Cassade revealed these situations as opportunities to share in the redemtive nature of my dad's suffering and to be Christ to my dad and family. To lean forward and find ways to ease my dad's pain, support my mom, communicate with out of town relatives, etc. Respond like Christ calls me to respond! What was a health crisis became a transformative spiritual journey that brought me closer to my parents and my God. According to Cassade, abandonment has little to with sitting around and waiting…it is about actively responding to God’s will! Every thing that happens I life is a part of His design, our vocation is to actively respond in a way that will enable us to better know, love and serve Him. I read Cassade while I traveled to see my Dad who was to undergo surgery for a brain tumor. It completely changed my response to this very difficult situation. My brothers shied from situations where my father was weakened or needed assistance with basic bodily functions. It was easy to leave it to Mom. This too was my nature! Cassade revealed these situations as opportunities to share in the redemtive nature of my dad’s suffering and to be Christ to my dad and family. To lean forward and find ways to ease my dad’s pain, support my mom, communicate with out of town relatives, etc. Respond like Christ calls me to respond! What was a health crisis became a transformative spiritual journey that brought me closer to my parents and my God.

]]> By: Sr. Marcia http://anunslife.org/2008/11/13/abandonment-to-divine-providence/#comment-16437 Sr. Marcia Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:58:20 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=790#comment-16437 Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to Eleanor, but I've been working on vocation presentations. Anyway, what I think I'm hearing you ask (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is whether the Oblates and other Providence communities (there are about 13 of us) just sit back and wait for God to work. No indeed! It means we ask God for our needs, while doing the work that needs to be done. If that were the case, Mother Mary Lange (foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence) would never have stepped out in faith and founded a school for children of color in 1828 in a slave state, several decades before the Civil War. Our sisters have historically worked with the poor and marginalized, especially in the African American community, in schools and parishes in the United States, Cuba and Costa Rica. Our sisters have also been involved in anti-abortion protests, boycotts against Wal-Mart and a major healing racism project (with the IHMs). Yes, we work for social justice. Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond to Eleanor, but I’ve been working on vocation presentations. Anyway, what I think I’m hearing you ask (and please correct me if I’m wrong) is whether the Oblates and other Providence communities (there are about 13 of us) just sit back and wait for God to work. No indeed! It means we ask God for our needs, while doing the work that needs to be done. If that were the case, Mother Mary Lange (foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence) would never have stepped out in faith and founded a school for children of color in 1828 in a slave state, several decades before the Civil War. Our sisters have historically worked with the poor and marginalized, especially in the African American community, in schools and parishes in the United States, Cuba and Costa Rica. Our sisters have also been involved in anti-abortion protests, boycotts against Wal-Mart and a major healing racism project (with the IHMs). Yes, we work for social justice.

]]> By: ChristineH http://anunslife.org/2008/11/13/abandonment-to-divine-providence/#comment-16227 ChristineH Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:18:04 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=790#comment-16227 Hi Sister Julie! “Abandonment to Divine Providence” is a book that I have read as part of my discernment journey. To me, it means that God is always there, providing all that I need, sometimes before I know or realize that I need His help. It also means that God works within His own time - not mine - and as I'm prone to impatience, this is a lesson that I continually learn over and over again. Blessings ChristineH Hi Sister Julie!

“Abandonment to Divine Providence” is a book that I have read as part of my discernment journey.

To me, it means that God is always there, providing all that I need, sometimes before I know or realize that I need His help.

It also means that God works within His own time – not mine – and as I’m prone to impatience, this is a lesson that I continually learn over and over again.

Blessings
ChristineH

]]> By: Sister Julie http://anunslife.org/2008/11/13/abandonment-to-divine-providence/#comment-16213 Sister Julie Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:47:23 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=790#comment-16213 Thanks for writing, Leoneli. That's a good way to describe Providence active in our life. And thank you for the link to your blog! Looking forward to checking it out. Blessings. Thanks for writing, Leoneli. That’s a good way to describe Providence active in our life. And thank you for the link to your blog! Looking forward to checking it out. Blessings.

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