Consecration to Merciful Love
Leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday, our first-year novices have been preparing to make an Offering to Merciful Love guided by the spirituality and writings of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and Fr. Michael Gaitley’s book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. Reflection by Sister Mary Amata: Throughout this 33 Days to Merciful Love journey, I have[...]
From Destruction to Transformation: Finding Joy in Suffering
From Destruction to Transformation: Finding Joy in Suffering I often wondered why the Fourth Mystery of the Rosary, the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, was a Joyful Mystery. I understood, of course, that this was a momentous occasion for the Spirit-filled Simeon and the holy prophetess, Anna, who now had met in person[...]
The Innkeeper
“She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). When I was in first grade, my Sunday School class put on a production of the Nativity story. We had been waiting for this all year. I wanted the part of[...]
Beloved
“You will no longer be known in the world as Emily, but as Sister Mary Amata of St. Joseph.” For more than a year, I had been asking the Lord what He wanted to call me, what name He wished to give me in religious life. In prayer, I just kept coming back[...]
