Reflections from some of the nuns


November 28, 2015

Though I Walk In The Midst Of Affliction

Over the past month Jamberoo Mountain has been in the clouds. We had rain and mist nearly every day, with the occasional patch of sunshine. I have to tell you I just love these weather conditions!

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September 5, 2015

Faith Of A Mustard Seed

‘If I had the faith of a mustard seed.’ This is a paraphrase from the gospel that most of us know well. This week I find myself...

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June 15, 2015

No one grows by someone else forcing them to grow…

I planted this olive tree in 2000 when I started to transform my bit of paddock into a beautiful, organic garden. Sometimes I feel as if it watches over all the growing. It reminds me to wait patiently and that all things take time to grow.

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October 10, 2015

In The Presence of The Angels

In the liturgy it has been the time for celebrating the angels – Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and our own guardian angels. From time to time people and creatures come into our lives and...

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August 15, 2015

Without It We Cannot Survive

"All nature is at the disposal of humankind. We are to work with it. Without it we cannot survive." - St Hildegard

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March 5, 2016

Every Moment And Every Event

Every moment and every event of our life on earth plants something in our soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it the germs of spiritual vitality that come to ...

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August 12, 2013

Let everything that Loves and Breathes…

Well today I open the pages for you to read into what is so much part of my life here at the Abbey. I want to share with you about the life on the “Farm”.

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February 24, 2015

God sends out his Word

Well the calendar tells us it is still winter but is it right? Are you tuned like all of God’s other creatures to know what season it is?

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May 25, 2015

Sing to the Lord a new Song…

Well here it is 2015, another new year in our lives. There are new hopes, new promises and a whole full year of new chances and opportunities.

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June 9, 2015

Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing

This is the prayer that arises in my heart each morning as I enter the Abbey “Farm” and encounter the sunflowers who are like our garden angels (guardian angels) watching over us as we work, pray and play.

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