Today is the traditional feast day of St. Dominic. My chapter celebrated today. One of the discussions we had was the dichotomy the Dominicans have of being out in the world but not of the world. Also, the strange dichotomy of being excited about a confrere being sent out on mission. How can one be happy about the possibility of never seeing a confrere, again?
This was compared to the feeling my "cloistered brothers" have when one of us is leaving the prison. We are happy and excited, even though we know we may never leave. We are stuck here. Yet, we are happy and excited,
not unlike our Dominican brothers and sisters being sent out on mission.
This was compared to the feeling my "cloistered brothers" have when one of us is leaving the prison. We are happy and excited, even though we know we may never leave. We are stuck here. Yet, we are happy and excited,
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