Our Sister Mary loved Rainbows and the morning she died, Saturday December 3, 2011 there was a rainbow over our woods and it had not been raining.
Sr. Mary died peacefully in her sleep and now is in His presence for all eternity and interceding
for us here on earth.
Remember, Mary, to send us two good women to be Poor Clares and if you want, send a dog like Maggie whom you loved very much.
Here is the musing from Sr. Mary's 25th Anniversary of her Profession 1984:
The Mosaic of a Life
Moments of joy, pockets of pain
fuse with all the yesterdays-
held together by right faith, firm hope,
perfect charity, the ideal.
the mosaic of your life.
Dark colors and shadowy hues,
place in relief
the contrasting brilliance of goodness,
bringing before the world
and announcing to all
the light comes from Him.
Who else could do it.
Fashioned by events,
Your parents, family, friends,
you burn to be earthy colors
at one with the Son of Man
"who did not deem equality with
God something to be grasped at."
He chose and you choose in
profound humility
to be simply life the rest of humanity-
to be no more or no less than
who you are,
with your feet firmly planted on the earth,
with flights of fancy now and then
to the sky of blue.
Your love of the rainbow
reveals your hidden desire
to be, in wisdom and perception,
"All things to all people"
The mosaic of your life-
the rainbow -
Behold this rainbow
and Bless your Maker,"
For that s where
Glory belongs
S Florence OSC
1 comment:
Dear Sister Florence that is a most beautiful tribute to Sister Mary. When I see a rainbow I shall surely think of her looking down on all of us with her love and blessings....
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