In Good Company

If friends are those with whom you spend many pleasant hours, books are some of a Sister’s closest friends - she certainly spends a great deal of time in their company!

She rises in the morning and seeks her Beloved in His prayer, the Divine Office (contained in no small book!). The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass follows our morning praise, and here again, Sister may seek to hear the words of her Spouse through the missal in her use. If she is in early formation, large portions of her day are probably spent with a cadre of books as she studies to know Christ through Sacred Scripture, the Liturgy, Church documents on religious life, perusing the great spiritual authors, and continuing her catechetical instruction.

 A professed Sister may not spend her day in study, but she too will probably keep a close connection with books throughout the day. The Sister engaged in leading little ones to Christ might use a variety of books to prepare and teach her classes, while those professed Sisters completing their education will spend the evening deep in fascinating class books. At the end of the day, every Sister spends time growing in knowledge of Christ and His action in the soul through spiritual reading.

While books are obviously not the most important thing in living a life consecrated to Christ, they can serve as a means to the end of this life: union with God. For this reason, we are deeply grateful to a generous friend who recently enriched and expanded

our library. The original library contained close to 3000 books; due to our limited space we were only able to receive the best of the proffered volumes. The Sisters are enjoying the addition of classic titles on the religious state, spirituality, Mariology, and the saints, additions that have brought our little library to capacity!