holiness

Jesus and Action Verbs

By |2014-04-02T23:39:01-07:00April 2nd, 2014|Nun News Blog|

       The Lord anointed my eyes: I went, I washed, I saw and I believed in God." (Communion Antiphon from 4th Sunday of Lent) Before I realized the Lord was calling me to the contemplative religious life, I wanted to be an English teacher.  I love WORDS (and punctuation too, for that matter)!  And if [...]

Last Minute Gift Ideas

By |2013-12-10T16:25:48-07:00December 10th, 2013|Nun News Blog|

Christmas is coming quickly!  We are already well into the 2nd Week of Advent!  Wondering what to get for the person who has everything?  Looking for a gift like...nun-other? :) We have a few ideas:   1.)  GIFT REGISTRATION for the Desert NUN RUN: Got an athlete in the family?  A runner?  A walker?  Register [...]

Grateful and Longing Hearts

By |2013-12-04T01:00:51-07:00December 4th, 2013|Nun News Blog|

You turkeys! We were blessed to have Fr. Bob Reddy from Canada and Sr. Genevieve, OSB join us for our Thanksgiving festivities! A belated happy Thanksgiving to you!  We hope your day was filled with much joy, as was ours.  Thanksgiving gives us a great opportunity to reflect with gratitude on [...]

And the greatest of these is…

By |2013-11-15T03:46:27-07:00November 15th, 2013|Nun News Blog|

Love. I've been slowly making my way through  The Hidden Life from the Collected Words of Edith Stein. Quite uncharacteristically and quite providentially, I actually read the editor's introduction.  And I came across a lil' gem: Edith Stein possessed this gift that Gabriel Marcel appropriately calls 'creative fidelity,' which means making ourselves interiorly open and [...]

“If I could be any vegetable in the garden…” and other deep thoughts

By |2013-07-14T22:43:37-07:00July 14th, 2013|Nun News Blog|

"Blessed are those who trust in the LORD; the LORD will be their trust. They are like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It does not fear heat when it comes, its leaves stay green;  In the year of drought it shows no distress,but still produces fruit." [...]

From pesky flies, O Lord, deliver us

By |2013-06-11T23:07:08-07:00June 11th, 2013|Nun News Blog|

R&R for Fergus It's been an interesting few days here at Our Lady of Solitude with our 2 wild westies.  Last Friday morning ended up being a bit traumatic as Fergus awoke from sleep screaming in pain. Ends up, we think he strained a muscle.  (side note: he is back to 100% today). [...]

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