We’re off…Martillac’s new community has been launched….
Since the 9th of March the contents of all the boxes and cases that were blocking up the corridor have been put safely away and we are learning how to open and close the many doors leading from one place to another.
We’re off…Martillac’s new community has been launched….
Since the 9th of March the contents of all the boxes and cases that were blocking up the corridor have been put safely away and we are learning how to open and close the many doors leading from one place to another.
Joy, high spirits and no doubt other feelings are shared…. And the sun is shining down on these first days that are full of hope.
Marian came to accompany us during our first few days here and now the arrival of Margaret and Marie Carmen invites us to lay the first foundations of our life together.
On this first morning – March 16th – Margaret invites us to turn from “the here and now” towards “the future”.The Lord who makes all things new is calling us to build something new.
The presence of our Contemplative sisters : Bernadette and Teresa who is a member of our team expresses clearly our decision to journey together as two vocations in solidarity with one another, living unity in diversity, collaborating in the same project each contributing our own “colour”.
Margaret explains that Lydwine will bring her own expertise in all that concerns administration and thus contribute to the Martillac project.
The aim of this meeting is to help the group to build up the community, to organise itself and begin to plan the programme of animation for the Institute.
A time of prayer invites us to open ourselves to listen to the Lord, the God of tenderness at the heart of the world who is calling us:
it is he who is calling us into this community
it is he who is askingeach of us to give our lives for the mission
it is he who urges us to set out with courage on the road of this Holy Family project.
With hearts full of joy, we want our response to be “yes” every day.
The Word of God that is at the origin of the created world is also at the origin of our community.
His word is faithful!
The world is filled with his love.
The plan of the Lord endures forever
The projects of his heart subsist from age to age….
Thanksgiving pours from our hearts for:
All the sisters who have preceded us, and in whose footsteps we tread, and we think very specially of Lorette, and confide to the Lord this time of renewal that she is just beginning.
The pastoral district and the diocese that is welcoming us.
The different Holy Family vocations and all those other people who will come and enjoy Martillac…
And we remain confident in God’s hands as we earnestly pray:
Give us the light we need to find our way through what is now unknown.
And he replies:
- Enter into the unknown and put your hand in mine.That will be more useful to you than a light and more sure than a well known path.
