Portrait of a Sister of Portrait of a Sister of St JosephSt Joseph

Unpublished Poem by Unpublished Poem by

Fr Marius Nepper SJFr Marius Nepper SJ

Powerpoint presentation by Mary Cresp RSJ

Portrait of a Sister of Portrait of a Sister of St JosephSt Joseph

Fr Marius Nepper Fr Marius Nepper SJSJ

Eyes open on a world both Eyes open on a world both miserable and sinfulmiserable and sinful

but a world worked on by the but a world worked on by the Holy Spirit.Holy Spirit.

Eyes open and Eyes open and ears attentive ears attentive to the to the sufferings of sufferings of the worldthe world

like St Paul like St Paul to the pleas to the pleas of the of the MacedonianMacedonians.s.

Eyes open, Eyes open, ears attentive ears attentive and spirit alert, and spirit alert,

in orderin orderto understand, to divine to understand, to divine what God and the dear what God and the dear neighbour neighbour await from her todayawait from her todaynow, for the body and the soul.now, for the body and the soul.

never settled down, never settled down, always in a holy always in a holy disquietude, disquietude, searching, searching,

Eyes open, ears attentive, Eyes open, ears attentive, spirit alert – sleeves rolled spirit alert – sleeves rolled

upupfor ministry,for ministry,

without excluding without excluding the more humble, the more humble, the less pleasing, the less pleasing, the less noticeable; the less noticeable;

Finally, in the Finally, in the face of the face of the

reflection of reflection of the virtuethe virtue

‘proper to our ‘proper to our CongregationCongregation

’,’,continual joy continual joy

of spirit.of spirit.

This is the This is the quiet inner quiet inner glow glow

of the sisterof the sisterwhose life whose life

in the service in the service of Jesus Christof Jesus Christhas been has been successful.successful.

Eyes open on a world both miserable and sinfulEyes open on a world both miserable and sinfulbut a world worked on by the Holy Spirit.but a world worked on by the Holy Spirit.

Eyes open and ears attentive to the sufferings of the Eyes open and ears attentive to the sufferings of the worldworldlike St Paul to the pleas of the Macedonians.like St Paul to the pleas of the Macedonians.

Eyes open, ears attentive and spirit alert, never settled down,Eyes open, ears attentive and spirit alert, never settled down,always in a holy disquietude, always in a holy disquietude, searching, in order to understand, searching, in order to understand, to divineto divinewhat God and the dear neighbour await from her todaywhat God and the dear neighbour await from her todaynow, for the body and the soul.now, for the body and the soul.

Eyes open, ears attentive, spirit alert – sleeves rolled upEyes open, ears attentive, spirit alert – sleeves rolled upfor ministry, without excluding the more humble, for ministry, without excluding the more humble, the less pleasing, the less noticeable;the less pleasing, the less noticeable;

Finally, in the face of the reflection of the virtueFinally, in the face of the reflection of the virtue‘proper to our Congregation’,‘proper to our Congregation’,continual joy of spirit.continual joy of spirit.

This is the quiet inner glow of the sisterThis is the quiet inner glow of the sisterwhose life in the service of Jesus Christwhose life in the service of Jesus Christhas been successful.has been successful.