The way of perfection…
Posted by Terry Nelson on Sep 24th, 2008
What is the difference between a postulant and a senior professed?
I just read a lovely anecdote concerning a Swiss Cistercian nun welcoming a possible new postulant to the monastery she co-founded in the United States many years ago. The Mother’s command of English wasn’t perfect, although the aspirant understood what she wanted to hear…
When M. Bernarda came for her first visit to the monastery, M. Magdalene met her at the door and remarked in her heavy Swiss accent; “Ya, ya here we make many mistakes!” Yet the idealistic prospective postulant, eager for a life of mystical union, understood the nun as saying; ”Ya, ya, here we make many mystics.” - Newsletter of Valley of Our Lady Monastery
