REDEMPTORISTINE NUNS of NEW YORK, Inc.

We begin the month with a bang - the Fourth of July weekend! 
On the day we celebrate our Independence, we find ourselves
as a nation, and our world and even our church, much divided. 
Jesus came to gather us all into one family.  

In Luke, Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.  God has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery
of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”

When did we become so blind that we no longer can see the humanity, the goodness of the ‘other?’  When did we become deaf
to the cries of the poor and oppressed?  How is it that we have become a cancel culture?

Rather, let us be curious and ask the ‘other’ why….?  Be generous in listening and compassionate in our response.    Compassion means
to suffer with.  If we opened our eyes and ears, our hearts will soften, change, grow in empathy.    

As we celebrate, let our lives be of glad tidings; let us make this day, this weekend, this year, our lifetime acceptable to the Lord. 

 

"Life for me is Christ." Phil1:21

Redemptoristine Nuns are a worldwide monastic contemplative Order who strive to be a living memorial, an active participant of Jesus life in today’s Church for the salvation of the world.  The Sisters celebrate this life of prayer, praise and intercession in the name of all, and in support of the missionary activity of the Redemptorist priests and brothers.