The Vatican Instruction on female religious life Cor orans is the Evil One’s attempt to destroy contemplative life from within as it has happened in recent decades to active religious life in the West in particular, except for a few pockets of resistance and a few new communities springing up with solid ideals. I hope they survive.
So much prayer is needed that our small monastery can maintain its number of sisters sufficiently so that, if the worst happens and Cor orans forces us to join an association of monasteries, we may not have to be subjected to the meddling of a commission deciding whether we can retain our autonomy or not.
I am talking to Saint Joseph about this constantly, entrusting our monastery to his protection.
And yes, I speak with late Mother A et al on my morning visit to the vault to pray for their blessed souls. They were faithful in difficult circumstances before, though the threat was not coming then from those in positions of authority at the centre of the …More