VisitationSiste: This reflection really brings to mind the importance of staying faithful to God and remaining in the practice of the faith.
VisitationSiste: Sun 730pm est on Sun 24
SisterSusan (Guest): Hi Judy
Judy (Guest): Hi Mother and everyone!
Judy (Guest): Happy Feast of St.
SisterSusan (Guest): Thank you I became a novice on this day 24 years ago I am glad you are better 2 weeks is a long tome
SisterSusan (Guest): Time
SisterSusan (Guest): To be sick
SisterSusan (Guest): I misses 3 weeks of chat but came back last Sun
SisterSusan (Guest): Missed
Judy (Guest): /
SisterSusan (Guest): I am on a different computer so I hope I can do this easily
Judy (Guest): I think it affected my brain.
SisterSusan (Guest): Me too
SisterSusan (Guest): 2 words already
SisterSusan (Guest): Glad you are better it is awful to be flattened!
SisterSusan (Guest): Last week there were 3 of us
Judy (Guest): I guess because it was Fathers’
SisterSusan (Guest): Yes probably
SisterSusan (Guest): Also as the summer is here people go on vacations or stay outdoors on Sun nite
Judy (Guest): I’
Dawn (Guest): Hi Mother,
SisterSusan (Guest): It is 730 I think Hi Dawn We can start we are 3
Judy (Guest): Hi Dawn,
SisterSusan (Guest): Or 4,
Dawn (Guest): Hi Ruth!
SisterSusan (Guest): welcome!
Ruth (Guest): Hello everyone.
Ruth (Guest): Missed you,
SisterSusan (Guest): Yes how did it go for you I hope well
Ruth (Guest): Dawn and I were in touch,
SisterSusan (Guest): Questions tonite are rather deep don’
Ruth (Guest): Two recent retreats,
Judy (Guest): Re:
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
Ruth (Guest): Dying “
SisterSusan (Guest): Good ways of defining them I would think that the habit of love is a virtue
Judy (Guest): If he had the opportunity,
SisterSusan (Guest): As virtues are consistent habits
SisterSusan (Guest): Martyrdom is an act of love I think
Dawn (Guest): habit of love,
Ruth (Guest): Or are we just talking about raising our hearts and minds to God with Love.
SisterSusan (Guest): That is prayer
Ruth (Guest): You know,
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
Judy (Guest): Martyrdom is an act of love,
SisterSusan (Guest): Good distinction.
Dawn (Guest): In your reflections Sr Susan,
Ruth (Guest): “
SisterSusan (Guest): And an act of contrition at death is also a form of love
Judy (Guest): I’
Dawn (Guest): be safe Judy!
SisterSusan (Guest): Oh my ok
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
SisterSusan (Guest): Dawn I think the saints lived in LOve and prayer at death was their constant way of showing it
Dawn (Guest): thank you.
SisterSusan (Guest): I like the comparison about the good thief in the question in the sense that he did not have much in the way of acts of love yet God,
Dawn (Guest): something in the video we watched reminded me of how often I would see one of a married couple,
SisterSusan (Guest): Yes I have seen that and also with my two aunts who were so close they died within 2 weeks of each other
SisterSusan (Guest): Dying to self is an act of love as Jesus died on the cross His act of love far surpassed the thief,
Ruth (Guest): I remember one time waking up and seeing my dashboard crushed like an accordion.
SisterSusan (Guest): That is an quite an experience
SisterSusan (Guest): You have a very strong soul Ruth
Dawn (Guest): and your recollection being you wanted to see God!
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
Dawn (Guest): Q2 on baptized babies dying in the love of God,
SisterSusan (Guest): Very profound I find that God,
SisterSusan (Guest): They cannot make acts of love so His love counts for them as they are baptized into Christs life and death
Ruth (Guest): Medical school in Germany was a much bigger challenge than I had anticipated,
Judy (Guest): Itwas a quick storm.
Dawn (Guest): glad you are back
SisterSusan (Guest): That is why we celebrate the Holy Innocents in December when they were slaughtered by Herods minions
SisterSusan (Guest): Hi again!
SisterSusan (Guest): We are on 2
Ruth (Guest): The therapist,
SisterSusan (Guest): If we all retained our baptismal innocence!
Judy (Guest): A baptized baby has received the virtue of love by virtue of his baptism,
Ruth (Guest): How wonderful that would be!
SisterSusan (Guest): It.
Ruth (Guest): to retain innocence.
SisterSusan (Guest): Baptized babies have Gods love,
Ruth (Guest): God surely loves them,
SisterSusan (Guest): Not baptized
Judy (Guest): It is said that St.
SisterSusan (Guest): The mysteries we will discover in heaven how God works it all out
Judy (Guest): The unbaptized surely are loved by God but have not received the theological virtue of love as has the baptized baby.
SisterSusan (Guest): great insight
Dawn (Guest): Gods mercy would most surely be upon new infants baptized or not ,
Ruth (Guest): Be ye perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect,
Judy (Guest): Surely by God’
Dawn (Guest): Jesus I trust in you!
SisterSusan (Guest): Yes good way to be in trust
Ruth (Guest): Dawn,
SisterSusan (Guest): By the way an aside,
SisterSusan (Guest): He retired last July but.
Dawn (Guest): I am not perfected in my trust,
Judy (Guest): Re:
Ruth (Guest): So many people,
Judy (Guest): It is the repentant thief who received that forgiveness and salvation in an instant.
SisterSusan (Guest): yes
SisterSusan (Guest): And if he had lived probably would have done acts of love
SisterSusan (Guest): But mercy triumphed in his life
SisterSusan (Guest): Because his disposition was in itself an form of love,
Ruth (Guest): “
Dawn (Guest): if I go back into the past,
Dawn (Guest): so much to meditate on in those words
Judy (Guest): I would guess that if you project into the future and do not feel trust,
Judy (Guest): Something in your past
Judy (Guest): Perhaps you were betrayed by someone you loved and trusted,
Ruth (Guest): It is because of the good thief,
Dawn (Guest): I think I did not explain what was in my heart very well.
Judy (Guest): Question 4:
SisterSusan (Guest): Hi I lost connection with internet
Dawn (Guest): hi!
Dawn (Guest): is it storming where you are?
SisterSusan (Guest): Yes God,
Judy (Guest): Glad you are back!
SisterSusan (Guest): No but all day connection issues
SisterSusan (Guest): To know His will is not always easy
SisterSusan (Guest): So prayer,
Dawn (Guest): Q4.
Judy (Guest): Do you have a router?
SisterSusan (Guest): Do not know but will investigate tomorrow
SisterSusan (Guest): As we get older our death becomes more real to us
Dawn (Guest): and.
Ruth (Guest): Yes,
SisterSusan (Guest): I remember around age 59 or 58 I felt I was crossing a border what I do not know I no longer feel this
SisterSusan (Guest): Trust is also something we need to learn after we have been in the habit of always taking responsibility for things.
Dawn (Guest): Amen Ruth
Judy (Guest): And we hopefully have a sense that we need to prepare for death by living lifes of goodness.
Ruth (Guest): Maybe it is a little like “
SisterSusan (Guest): Like that one!
Ruth (Guest): I mean,
SisterSusan (Guest): Tapping into what Christ has already done for us on the cross and offering all He did in place of our lack is acceptable to the Father
Ruth (Guest): I remember starting out,
Dawn (Guest): A choice to believe,
SisterSusan (Guest): That might help an atheist friend of mine Ruth if she were willing to experiment
Ruth (Guest): I don’
Ruth (Guest): TRUTH.
SisterSusan (Guest): And you found it He is Truth
Ruth (Guest): Indeed.
SisterSusan (Guest): To love the human divine person of Jesus is the best way of finding Truth,
SisterSusan (Guest): A wonderful chat for his Feat of St John the Baptist
SisterSusan (Guest): Judy blessings on your formation work
Ruth (Guest): John pointed the way.
Ruth (Guest): s what we need to do,
Dawn (Guest): St John had a deep trust
SisterSusan (Guest): I need to leave but I pray for you for a wonderful and spiritual week
Judy (Guest): And so it is real to trust in,
Ruth (Guest): He KNEW Jesus from childhood.
Dawn (Guest): from the womb!
Ruth (Guest): I love that scene!
Dawn (Guest): The statue in your garden Sr Susan is so beautiful,
Judy (Guest): I leave you with a poem which I learned in my youth:
Dawn (Guest): thank you Sr Susan,
Ruth (Guest): May HE grow greater,
Dawn (Guest): beautiful poem Judy!
Dawn (Guest): Amen
Ruth (Guest): Thank you Sr.
Dawn (Guest): And thank you Ruth.
Ruth (Guest): Have a blessed week.
Dawn (Guest): good luck on your formations Judy,
Ruth (Guest): Good night.