What do we live ?

Contemplation

« For me, in essence, prayer is life »
L.sr. Magdeleine

To be contemplative women is the heart of our mission, and the path of our entire life. Welcoming God’s loving gaze into our being teaches us to find God present in the most obscure corners of our daily routines. The wounded persons we encounter, the depths of our seemingly most hopeless situations—our daily lives become the place where we meet God.

To be a contemplative is to live a deep and intimate friendship with Jesus. This way encompasses and unites every aspect of our life: our womanhood, our history, our talents, our fragilities. We experience the reality that, when we live in the light of God, nothing can separate us from His Love. Silence, prayer, and love for the Word are the basic elements enabling us to experience God’s presence in us and through us.

The eyes of God

L.sr. Mélanie

When I meet someone, the first thing I notice is their eyes. The way they look at me, and I at them, the way God looks at both of us—this is what allows us to enter into relationship as brother or sister to each other. I remember one such friend who used to visit us often. She had certain psychological difficulties, but in spite of that, her faith was strong. She loved speaking about God, and God’s Word, and often, as we were saying good-bye after a visit or phone call, she would ask us to pray with her. Her gaze, calm but also evasive because of her sickness, was quite touching. One day while we were talking together she asked me what color God’s eyes are. I told her I didn’t know, because I’d never seen God. Then she said, “Look at me.” I looked at her, and she said, “Now that you know the color of my eyes, you know the color of God’s eyes too.”