{"id":11699,"date":"2009-07-31T14:59:25","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T18:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=11699"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:16:36","slug":"why-i-love-these-nuns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/07\/31\/why-i-love-these-nuns\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I love these nuns…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>


\nPreparing to update a 50 year old kitchen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

You want to know why I just love the Dominican Nuns of Summit, New Jersey<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Aside from the fact that they are prayer warriors who spend all their time in worship and praise, bringing our petitions to the Almighty, and that they make these soaps and lotions I adore<\/a>, (and the best lip balm ever<\/a>) they also have a sense of humor.<\/p>\n

Elder Son\u2019s Sweet Girlfriend is going to be heading out to grad school, soon, and I wanted to include a small bottle of the Dominican nun\u2019s excellent Oatmeal hand creme and some of their soaps into her packing. Today arrives a box filled with the assorted soaps and cremes, and a vocations video they knew I\u2019d like, a nice newsletter and this little note:<\/p>\n

Thank you for your order of our Seignadou Soaps Oatmeal Silk & Shea Butter soap. Because our soaps are hand-crafted in small batches here in the monastery, from time to time we may unintentionally alter our recipes. The Oatmeal soap you are receiving was made with a base of creamy Goat\u2019s Milk, which will moisturize and nourish the skin. We hope you will enjoy it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe may unintentionally alter our recipes\u2026\u201d I love that. The sisters are vowed to poverty and I\u2019d hate to know they had to throw out a batch because it had a goat\u2019s milk base rather than a silk base \u2013 and besides, I like all of their soaps, so I\u2019m sure this will be great, too. But how cute is that?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not all fun and games, though. Per my request, the sisters also added a few of their vocations pamphlets to my shipment, and their day looks like this:<\/p>\n

\n 5:20 AM Rise
\n 5:55 AM Lauds (Morning Prayer)
\nInterval for Prayer, Lectio, Study
\n 7:15 AM Holy Mass
\nThanksgiving\/Terce (the first of the \u201clittle hours\u201d)
\n 9:00 AM Work
\n11:30 AM Rosary & Sext (second \u201clittle hour\u201d meant to reflect the sixth hour)
\n12:00 PM Dinner (in silence with reader or audio tape)
\n 1:00 PM Optional Recreation
\n 1:30 PM Profound Silence w\/ prayer and work
\n 3:00 PM Office of Readings (aka Vigils, longest office of the day) & None (the ninth hour)
\nInterval for Prayer, Lectio, Study
\n 4:00 PM Work
\n 5:30 PM Vespers
\n 6:00 PM Supper & cleanup
\n 7:00 PM Study
\n 7:45 PM Recreation
\n 8:40 PM Compline
\n10:00 PM Profound Silence<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m glad we have monastics around. We need these powerhouses of prayer to keep us going. And they make great soap.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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