Several weeks ago I had one of those bad days. Or, maybe it was an accumulation of a number of bad moments and days accumulated throughout a long, hot summer. Difficult moments that continue to sit in the pit of one's stomach even after prayer or meditation.

Love is what sustains me, and Love is the stuff of the fruit I produce. Love is the constant that allows me to weather every season of my life. I am transformed and re-created over and over again with each passing year, and in all of it, I know whose I am.

From A Nun's Life podcasts - Which is your favorite Mystery of the Rosary? In this Random Nun Clip, we talk about the Mysteries of the Rosary that have special meaning for us.

What's love got to do with it? Everything. In the midst of a vitriolic and divisive political season, we might forget. But love is the beating heart of the Christian life. God's been reminding me lately, calling me back to this central truth of our faith, in ways gentle and sometimes overt.

" . . . . With sweet and scarless sky stir in my ears, speak there of God’s love, O live air, of patience, penance, prayer: World-mothering air, air wild, wound with thee, in thee isled, fold home, fast fold thy child."

From The Field Hospital: Sisters' welcome center in Philadelphia teaches newcomers English, guides them through the byzantine naturalization process, and forms 'a real community.'

As climate change wreaks havoc on rural Africa, sisters are adapting their programs to encourage environmental protection. Four sisters speak about how their congregations are discovering ways to adapt to the new need for being green.

See for Yourself - We arrived at the same time and walked together to the entrance portico. The door wasn't yet unlocked so we had a few minutes to chat.

"For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens."