Amen Alleluia

Monday of 4th. Week of Easter
Having the Introduction to the Mass this morning, the axiom "Amen, Alleluia" from the words from the Mother Foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Jesus Crucified seemed to resound in my mind and, in turn, we listened to words echoing in this Eastertide.

After some searching we found book: Joy Out of Sorrow, by Mother Marie des Douleurs, The Sisters of Jesus Crucified, St. John’s Priory, Castle Cary, Somerset, 1965.

(Now moved to USA, see Website - benedictinesjc.org)

In the Introductory Note, Mother marie writes,

“Profound and grand is the life which develops the Sisters and make them live in vivid and full reality their axiom:”Amen, Alleluia!”.

Simplicity, joy and courage are theirs – never better seen than at the moment of death.” (Dec 7, 1957).

Thursday, March 25, 2010 The Annunciation MOTHER MARIE DES DOULEURS Luke 1:37 Nothing is impossible to God." The Angel said: "Nothing is impossible to God." She knew it because she lived it. She was surprised at nothing, prepared for everything. She lived in a state of continual wonder at the all-loving power of God. It was precisely because she dared to believe that she dared to give up everything, or rather that it never occurred to her to let herself be bound by anything. Mary was ready for anything because she had given all. She had established herself resolutely in those serene regions where love victorious reigns. With a daring greater than that of all the conquerors put together, she had fixed her gaze on the summit of the heavens, and all her life she was illumined by the light of certainty. She became Mother of the Word Incarnate, and her Son would be called the Son of the Most High, and he would reign on the throne of David and of his kingdom there would be no end. She put herself wholly into this perspective of final, absolute triumph, and we see her always in a golden light. She believed, not with a timid faith in tune with the weaknesses and vicissitudes of our present life, but with a faith in harmony with the awesome ardors of the Infinite. She had seen the reign of the Spirit of her Son, and in her serenity she was in no need of patience while waiting till the sparks led at last to the blaze of glory. (From Our Lady of the Annunciation. Published privately) Mother Marie des Douleurs (+ 1983) Foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Jesus Crucified. Bibliography: Our Lady of the Annunciation, London, 1960.