Saint Scholastica Society

Newsletter -- Vol.2, No.4

My Dear Sisters:

For the third time in 100 years, the new pope was elected two days after the convocation of the conclave: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. A scholar and staunch defender of the Catholic faith, the new Holy Father may lack the warmth of his predecessor at times, but we can take heart in the fact that he is no less a true son of Mary.

The Hidden Life contains a poem by Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a fellow Deutscher, entitled “I am always in your midst” (speaking for Saint Angela Merici). One stanza reads:

You’ve recognized it: that is what God likes—
Patient waiting till the hour comes
That he determines; in the dark to wander
As the Spirit’s quiet movement leads us,
And unseen by human eyes,
To gather the flowers that bloom along the path.
The little buds daily given us at the hand of the Mother
Of the Son of God—
He takes them to his heart: there they bloom
And never wither; their fragrance
Spreads sweet and strong, with wondrous healing power,
Over all the world, closing wounds
That people’s “mighty deeds” produce in it.

May we “little buds” of the Spirit continue to love and support our beloved brother Benedict in this life as our namesake did in hers. May Our Lady take us close to the heart of Jesus, and may we bring an aroma of sweetness wherever we go.

Under the Mercy,

Heidi

posted by Heidi Hess Saxton @ 10:20 AM