COMMUNITY LIFE
- Today we held the community chapter meeting of nuns in order to determine who would be responsible for what post. (p. 69)
- …An abundance of prayer could be recited on the 19th, 20th, and 21 of this month. Everyone in the community of Berriz… will participate... (p. 75)
- I didn’t say anything about “missions”, because if I do I might reveal a secret that even the community doesn’t know about. (p. 76)
- Right now, I am in a community that loves me very much… (p.83)
- He asked him to tell us the Lord will bless this community for such an inspired idea to serve in missions… (p. 84)
- The plans are now public within and without the community and there is a lot of commotion. (p. 85)
- Today the Most Reverend Father Huarte, bishop of Wuhu, visited us… The community didn’t deal with any specific issues with him. (p. 87)
- The enthusiasm of the community is incredible. The redeeming spirit has made us missionaries. (p. 94)
- The community is like soft wax, ready to be used for anything. (p. 97)
- I have a heart full of gratitude, happiness, and encouragement, yet at the same time I feel an inexplicable sense of sadness that makes me enormously sensitive to everything. I attribute this to the natural feelings that come from separation and to the fact that the sisters who left were like the right arm of the (p. 98)
- They only talk about missions in the community (p. 99)
- The community is very happy and loving toward me. I also truly love them. (p. 103)
- Tonight the community read the latest letter from Xujiahui… (p. 103)
- In the meeting today, I opened up my heart again to the community…I want love to unite us and that we help each other carry our small loads. If we are living in It is because we all are looking toward the same goal… (p. 104)
- I do not tire telling them that they must encourage each other. It would be a shame if they were to become downhearted or intimidated. I worry that their judgment might become limited. I would like to witness their moments of relaxation and find that they tell jokes, are spontaneous, and have good humor. Now more than ever they need a light and happy heart. The Lord, who chose them to be his apostles, is taking them by the narrow way of the Cross. In the community, I would want there to be happiness and broadmindedness. They are seeds from Berriz transplanted to China and, although the circumstances don’t help, they must make an effort to preserve the spirit of Berriz: honest, happy, unassuming, spontaneous, and natural. It is the legacy of this house. (p.106)
- Yesterday, Doña Victorina returned. All of the community met in one of the parlors of the school… (p. 108)
- We took a look at our Order, its history and the first redeemers. So many saints, so many martyrs, and so many heroic nuns! And in the present time, so many women of prayer who would gladly give their lives for the love of Christ! And us? Within this Mercedarian family, we are a privileged community that is very much loved by our Mother. (p. 112)
- It’s difficult to imagine how the Mercedarian Spirit is growing in the community and how we feel about the apostolic zeal of the early Redeemers, who were anxious to die in order to save their brothers, is being revived in us. (p. 113)
- I met with the The love of God is the only force that is capable of moving the world. (p. 114)
- The community is now at ease. I find myself wanting to know how they are beginning their communal life, since I’m worried that they are too close all the time. I insist upon the same thing in all of my letters. I want them to make an effort in maintaining a spirit of family, like in Berriz, and that they should have frequent communication among themselves by exchanging views often. (p. 119)
- I met with the The feast day of Saint Peter Nolasco, founder of the Order, is approaching. We need to pray a lot so that he might shower upon each one of us and over this house that heroic charity that drove him to surrender his property and his own life in order to emancipate captives. (p. 120)
- The community in Berriz is very concerned, but everyone supports me. (p. 127)
- I’m enjoying myself greatly. I have a good opinion about the (p. 160)
- In the community, everyone was happy to have me back home and I was happy to find myself among them. They want to know about each and every one of the missionaries, about their work, about their joys, and about the hardships of each mission. (p. 170)
- Thanks be to God this community is very united under the same ideals… (p. 171)
- With his support, any change, no matter how big, would be well received by the Order. The community would accept it and I could act free from all fear. (p. 174)
- But what we all like the most were the charts that were prepared by the community… (p. 177)
- I am happy that the community of Tokyo feels so well attended to by the fathers of the mission who love them more each day. (p. 178)
- I also don’t want them (the community of Tokyo) to have to tolerate wearing the wool habits until they can’t stand it any longer… (p. 178)
- I also believe that it’s important that all of the nuns give me their consent in writing, since in fact it is the community that is requesting the changes. (p. 179)
- I read a few paragraphs from it to the community and we spent a good while as a family. (p. 188)
- There is no longer a limit to the number of sisters that can be part of the community, therefore we can continue to admit aspirants. (p. 189)
- And we’ve asked the bishop to come to personally preside over the secret ballot that the community will take part in. ( 190)
- Not one vote was lacking from the 94 of us that make up the (p. 191)
- I’ve been reflecting and praying. I’ve asked the community to pray in order that we might make a correct decision. (p. 195)
- Berriz isn’t prepared to start up expensive missions. If it had to do with making a sacrifice, even if it meant the whole community had to fast on bread and water for a long while, we would do so with pleasure… (p. 195)
- In (the community of) Berriz, we are at peace in the confidence that God will watch out for us… (p. 221)
- In a situation that is as difficult as the one we find ourselves now, I want to pay a lot of attention to the communities… (p. 221)
- I’ve dedicated all of this afternoon to writing carefully to the Superiors of the I asked all of them to accept their posts with spirit of faith… (p. 225)
- Life in the mission communities is exceeding all of my expectations. (p. 235)