Posted on 07/01/2011 6:55:12 AM PDT by marshmallow
She Entered the Convent the Day Benedict XVI Was Born
GUADALAJARA, Spain, JUNE 30, 2011 (Zenit.org) - She entered the Cistercian Buenafuente del Sistal Convent the day that Joseph Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) was born, and today Sister Teresa is 103 years old and the world's record holder for having lived the longest as a cloistered nun.
After 84 years as a cloistered nun, Sister Teresa says that the greatest gift she has received has been prayer: "Without it, one cannot sustain oneself. I never cease repeating: 'Thank you, forgive. Thank you, forgive.'"
The nun is one of 10 cloistered nuns profiled in the Spanish-language book "¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste?" (What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?). In the book, author Jesús Garcia brings to light the secluded world of cloistered nuns by getting to know what life is like behind the grail, and what inspired them to join.
Sister Teresa's story began as young girl living in Alava, Spain. She was known then as Valeria, and she was happy with her life on the family farm. "We were in the field from morning 'til night, working, but we were happy," she said.
The eldest of seven children, her father saw how hard Valeria and her younger sister worked and he wanted a different life for them. "Thinking nuns didnt work, [my father] would say to my sister and me: 'Wouldnt you like to be nuns?'" she recalls.
"I didnt like nuns," she continued, "given how comfortable I was at home, [but] to please my father, [I] prayed to the patroness of Vitoria and asked her to give me a vocation. And did she give me one!"
Upon entering the Cistercian convent in Guadalajara, Spain, Valeria took the name Teresa. "I was afraid to enter, but the Lord helped me," she said. The sister said that she prayed to both God and St. Teresa for the courage to be committed to her new vocation.
Though Sister Teresa says that there was a time when she wondered about her contribution to society from behind the convent walls, her worries were soon put to rest: "Once, I was tempted to imagine how my life would be outside [the convent] because I felt I wasnt contributing anything by being here."
She adds that it is a concern of many cloistered nuns. After consulting a priest about her feelings, Sister Teresa says "He told me I had a very beautiful vocation; that its worthwhile."
Sister Teresa says that she is very happy and does not desire anything from the outside world. "Its a grace from God," she says. "I know that many wont understand my way of living, but I dont understand any other."
(yawn)
I don’t think anything else needs to be said.
Whoever reads this will make their own conclusions.
Yes, it's a new project. The Vatican Library is not available on line yet, but you claimed:
"I would think if the Vatican itself heavily uses the Internet for searches, and as well a topic they might be researching, it should be good enough for it's members wouldn't you think? Much of the Vatican's library is accessible from the Internet for study etc. You might try to utilize that...very interesting reads once you wade thru the clutter."
But the Vatican Library is not online yet with only a very few manuscripts digitized so far. Your claim is a suspicious one indeed.
And not the first. How can anyone have accessed something that is not even available?
Very interesting if there’s a little rope how people will run with it.
yes, your posts are proof of that. It’s amazing how your posts give no proof at all for the wildest of allegations. Your posts here are utterly untrue and what’s worse, pure allegations made with no links — how could anyone say they have “researched” something when that something isn’t even available for research!
It's like that fantastic story in one post that alleged that the archaelogical dig site that is Babylon will soon become a "banking and commercial centre", based on one story that talks about the US army helping rebuild Baghdad -- quite far away and completely ignoring the existence of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi as pre-existing banking centres in the Persian Gulf.
hilarious!
tis' a mystery... indeed this rope just keeps on giving.
and again, I will not be posting my resources...just as I said.
(post 91): link to photographs available of the vatican library
(post 93): link to and the post claims Much of the Vaticans library is accessible from the Internet for study etc. You might try to utilize that...very interesting reads once you wade thru the clutter. -- hmmm...... a research that is non-existent?
caww: I will not be posting my resources
Wow -- so your posts freely make allegations without proof?
caww: I will not be posting my resources
This gets better and better -- first there are posts talking about "research" with links to "vatican archives to research", which turn out to be photographs of books available in Latin, Greek etc. and then it turns out that the vatican library is not online at all, which means that there was no "research" done
Finally, one reads "I won't post my resources"....
Baseless allegations with zero proof provided sounds like a democrat ploy
.... and the rope just keeps on keeping on and the story gets bigger and bigger. :)
..there isn’t even a little bit of slack in the rope....carry on! :)
Tsk tsk.... looks like some could end up with rope burn, but do carry on.:)
Ho-hee-ho---yo---ho!....how's that working for ya......this is just tooooo good!
caww(post 90): my resources remain mine and will not be presented on this thread.
caww: I will not be posting my resources
This gets better and better -- first there are posts talking about "research" with links to "vatican archives to research", which turn out to be photographs of books available in Latin, Greek etc. and then it turns out that the vatican library is not online at all, which means that there was no "research" done
Finally, one reads "I won't post my resources"....
Baseless allegations with zero proof provided sounds like a democrat ploy
hilarious!
It's incredible that one can spout so much junk and have so little knowledge about the Bible or history or current affairs...
Cronos: "your posts' credibility is non-existent"
caww: .how's that working for ya.
the continuous untruths in your posts are really good -- they show that all the posts need to be treated as the same level as utterances from Obambi -- zero credibility, zero logic, zero knowledge and zero sense
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