Thursday, June 08, 2006

A shining beacon: at an internet point in Rome!



Wow, cool nun...even in this new millennium! I so love our sisters (and self-oblation)! One time a saintly sister said to me: "We stoop to discover the babe from whose fingertips tumbled planets and worlds!"

Did you know that there is a name for each part of the habit (i.e. coiff, gimp, etc.)? That the habit is blessed? That a scapular is usually a part of the habit? That the habit is usually made by the sisters themselves? That a habit is held together with pins and needles? Black is a timeless colour, always available, always fashionable and it doesn't show when it's soiled!

1 comment:

Lawrence Lew OP said...

Great photo! I've also read a great book about the development of the habit. You'd love it!