Popular Post Anakin7 Posted August 15, 2013 Popular Post Posted August 15, 2013 Today while at a local Mall I was walking around JC Pennys and saw a elderly nun walking by herself. I approached her and said hello, told her my first name and she kindly said hello and told me her name was sister Jean Marie in her broken english. She told me she spoke arabic and was from Jerusalem . I asked if she knew sister Betrel [From the 60's Tv show The Flying Nun with actress Sally Field, I ask all the Nuns I meet if they knew her and they all have, the older ones] and surprisingly she said she did. I reached in my pocket and gave her a Finding Faith In Christ pass along card and she looked at the picture of Jesus a with both hands held the card with the picture of Jesus and pressed it next to her heart and said in broken english I LOVE HIM. She then reached out to me and we gave each other a big hug and she said thank you. We said goodby and I could feel the Love of the Savior in her very being. Has anyone else had such an experience like this ?. This happens to me on occassion to remind me of what the Love of the Saviour and what it is all about.In His Debt/GraceAnakin7LDS JEDI KNIGHT 5
ERayR Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Today while at a local Mall I was walking around JC Pennys and saw a elderly nun walking by herself. I approached her and said hello, told her my first name and she kindly said hello and told me her name was sister Jean Marie in her broken english. She told me she spoke arabic and was from Jerusalem . I asked if she knew sister Betrel [From the 60's Tv show The Flying Nun with actress Sally Field, I ask all the Nuns I meet if they knew her and they all have, the older ones] and surprisingly she said she did. I reached in my pocket and gave her a Finding Faith In Christ pass along card and she looked at the picture of Jesus a with both hands held the card with the picture of Jesus and pressed it next to her heart and said in broken english I LOVE HIM. She then reached out to me and we gave each other a big hug and she said thank you. We said goodby and I could feel the Love of the Savior in her very being. Has anyone else had such an experience like this ?. This happens to me on occassion to remind me of what the Love of the Saviour and what it is all about.In His Debt/GraceAnakin7LDS JEDI KNIGHTWhat a precious experience.
Duncan Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 The only Nun experience I have ever had is when I was a missionary. I was with a Korean companion. We covered the area with sister missionaries. We ran into them one day out and about and they told us to knock on a certain door and so we did. Much to my suprise a Korean Nun came to the door in the full dress, black robe, white hat. So I sat for an hour in her place whilst her and my comp. conversed in Korean. I have never eaten so much soup in all my life! 1
Garden Girl Posted August 16, 2013 Posted August 16, 2013 When I was in high school in San Bernardino, CA (1950''s), there was a Catholic School/Convent called St. Bernardine's... Every now and then when shopping in downtown San Bdno, walking along the sidewalk would come several nun's from St. B's. I loved the way their habits framed their faces... and I was struck that almost without exception their skin glowed and they had a "special" look in their eyes and on their face that was unmistakeably one of peace and inner happiness. I remember them to this day...GG 1
Samlam Posted August 16, 2013 Posted August 16, 2013 Today while at a local Mall I was walking around JC Pennys and saw a elderly nun walking by herself. I approached her and said hello, told her my first name and she kindly said hello and told me her name was sister Jean Marie in her broken english. She told me she spoke arabic and was from Jerusalem . I asked if she knew sister Betrel [From the 60's Tv show The Flying Nun with actress Sally Field, I ask all the Nuns I meet if they knew her and they all have, the older ones] and surprisingly she said she did. I reached in my pocket and gave her a Finding Faith In Christ pass along card and she looked at the picture of Jesus a with both hands held the card with the picture of Jesus and pressed it next to her heart and said in broken english I LOVE HIM. She then reached out to me and we gave each other a big hug and she said thank you. We said goodby and I could feel the Love of the Savior in her very being.Has anyone else had such an experience like this ?. This happens to me on occassion to remind me of what the Love of the Saviour and what it is all about.In His Debt/GraceAnakin7LDS JEDI KNIGHT This is a wonderful reminder of the charitable feelings that we all should have one towards another.
cursor Posted August 16, 2013 Posted August 16, 2013 Short encounters/interchanges can sometimes offer enormous weight and value.
Anakin7 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Posted August 18, 2013 Thanks everone for sharing so far. In His Debt/GraceAnakin7LDS JEDI KNIGHT
Anakin7 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Posted August 19, 2013 Very cool, Anakin. Very cool. Yes Awesomely cool !!!. In His Debt/GraceAnakin7LDS JEDI KNIGHT
Tacenda Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 I like the image this gives my mind, you and this nun hugging, wish it were me! I remember the movie with Mary Tyler Moore and Elvis Presley called "Change of Habit". She and the other nuns were serving in a really rough part of town and they had God on their side. I've never met a nun in person so I only get the movie version, or my BIL's version, he is Catholic and went to elementary school at his church, where the nuns were his teachers and according to him overly strict, but he turned out well. Thanks for the story, next time I see a nun I hope to have a chance to meet them.
savedbygrace Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Hello all, I have a story about a nun. She was my gg aunt, and was born into a very poor Irish family who had come to live in England. She was familiar as a girl with the Sisters of the Assumption in Richmond Yorkshire where she grew up. As an adult she joined their order, which originated in France. On the day of her profession she asked God to let her see Lourdes before she died. During her lifetime she spent most of her time in France, short periods in England, Belgium and Italy. This must have been daunting for a poor north country lass who only knew the rudimentaries of English let alone any other language. There was a hierarchy in religious orders in those days, if you had a dowry and were educated then you were 'choir', and took part in whatever the order was involved in, in this case it was the education of girls. If you were poor, without a dowry, then you were considered a lay sister and were given more servile roles. Sister Mary's Lavinia's duties were waiting on her sisters and the priests. But she carried out her duties with such love,and humility, that she was an example to the others. She was very pious and had a strong devotional and prayer life. While she was in France, ww2 broke out, she was now 78, and her convent in Montpellier had to be evacuated, it was February and cold. We can only imagine her joy when she was told that she was being evacuated to a sister house in Lourdes. Sister Mary Lavinia, when she arrived, along with her companions was welcomed by her sisters from the Lourdes convent. Despite the cold she insisted, at the earliest opportunity, on visiting the Grotto to pray. One of the nuns recorded that no one knows what passed between her and Our Lady, but that she knelt in prayer, with a rapturous smile on her face. A few days later she became ill, it was thought that it was just a mild case flu, however her condition worsened and a few days later she died. So this humble little nun, had her prayer answered, God was faithful to her, she saw Lourdes, she is still there, buried in the Assumtion grave. I suppose this shows how faithful God is and that we should never lose faith in him, Mary didn't do great things, no-one knew of her, she was just a devoted nun, anonymous to the outside world, but God knew her, and her heart, how great he is ! 1
Tacenda Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Savedbygrace, what a sweet legacy to have, and you are part of her in many ways.
savedbygrace Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 Thank you Tacenda, I feel very privileged to have her as an ancestor. She is an example to me of faith and humility, virtues I am trying to emulate.
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