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Written by Kristen West McGuire
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Matthew 25:1-13
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps. Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight, there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise ones replied, ‘No, for there may not be enough for us and you. Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’ While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Afterwards the other virgins came and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us!’ But he said in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (New American Bible) |
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Written by Kristen West McGuire
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When the U.S.S. Constitution headed to Rome in early June 1964, the newly elected president of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Women in the United States was aboard. After her election, the assembled reverend mothers urged Sr. Mary Luke Tobin to head to Rome.
Why? The Second Vatican Council was underway, and a document on religious life in the modern era was on the table. No one was sure what they intended to change, and the leaders of women’s religious orders in the U.S. had an abiding interest in any proposed changes, although no one had invited a single woman to these sessions. There were no women invited to these meetings. So Mother Mary Luke hopped on a boat to Rome.
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Written by Beverly Mantyh
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originally published in the July 2007 issue of Secretum Meum Mihi (New York: Vintage Paperbacks, 2001. 192 pp.) Lying Awake is as close to a poem as a novel can get. Salzman packs meaning and beauty into a little book. Amazingly, Salzman understands the mind of a woman; I had to look again to see if "she" used a pen name. Salzman borrows the cyclical routine of a cloistered convent and the feasts of the liturgical year to organize his novel. As a result, his novel feels orderly and peaceful. This serenity contrasts with the internal struggles of Sister John of the Cross to know and do God's will. |
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