I am sitting through a week long class and in this class is a nun who works with HIV positive patients.
I watch this woman pretty much all day from across the table. She wears her habit, her long flowing cotton robes and she has a very pecular countenance. One could say she is plainfaced, chaste, humble, non-assuming, yet at the same time, she wears all these things with a certain panache that communicates...I am a nun, I am plainface, chaste, humble and non-assuming having given my life to God...and you are not.
I then considered the pretty outrageous thought (the class is rather boring), Apostolic women are the representation of the Apostolic (or more specifically the UPC) nuns considering the expectations of the church on the women!
Ask yourself, why are there more nuns than priests, why aren't monks as prolific as nuns, and why is it that there are more women active in the A-church (from a perspective of buy-in) than men?
It is too funny and interesting a contrast and comparison to just let go by, so I had to present it to you people.
I also had an epiphany that we have embraced the Catholic tradition of calling each other "Brother and Sister" too.
I love hanging around Catholics, so much clarity it brings forth !!!!!
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