![]() ![]() This book is full of examples of suffering. In a way, Sister John has her own sacrifice to make: her life, or her visions? Suffering ![]() They do this to both to enter into Christ's sacrifices and to rid themselves of distractions from focusing on him. Not only that, they sacrifice access to the outside world and its entertainments: cell phones, movies, television, and more. ![]() As part of their vows, the nuns take a vow of poverty and simplicity. Nuns experience sacrifice on a daily basis. Even the resolution at the end of the book shows the completion of the idea of sacramentalism in Sister John's life, as she keeps the faith and returns to her duties. This theme can be seen repeatedly in the focus and contentment the nuns bring to their daily duties, whether in cases like Sister Miriam bringing breakfast to Sister John in the infirmary and preparing it for her, or Sister Priscilla turning every act into a sacrament, including things like emptying a pencil sharpener. ![]() Though their lives do not offer satisfaction in the worldly sense of material possessions and fame, for them the truth of Christ coming to earth as a man elevates the ordinary and makes it sacred. In this book, sacramentalism refers to the sense of the sacred or holy the nuns both experience and bring to their lives in the monastery. ![]()
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