Invitation

Last week after feeling a little frustrated that I still had not found employment, a sense of peace came over my while praying. Something will work out. I stood with open hands.

When I met with Sr. Anne Marie, I had not expected this invitation. She asked if I would be willing to go New Orleans. Immediately I said yes. A year after Katrina so many people are still in dire need.

I still don't know when I will go, though I assume it will be relatively soon. I am not sure where I will go, except that I will most likely stay with another religious community.

Always I have thought, as religious we need to go where we are most needed. We are called to be with those who are most poor and who suffer greatly. I have thought that sometimes this may mean being away from the rest of the community, for the sake of the larger community, which includes every person and all of creation. Now I have the challenge of actually embracing and of doing my best to live what I believe.

Pray for me. Pray that I will find a community to stay with and minister with where I can somehow be helpful to hurricane victims and those who are experiencing poverty in New Orleans.