I have come to Namibia to offer spiritual direction to young Benedictine women in formation who, along with their other community members, seem to be thirsting in the biblical sense, with strong spiritual desire.
Sacramental ashes are only an outward sign to remind me of its deeper purpose and meaning: my need for renewal, repentance, conversion and transformation through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Sr. Ann Margaret O'Hara's story — living in her congregation's health care facility after a stroke, experiencing a nursing home as a patient — challenges us not to look away from her witness, or others' experiences in different settings.
