Treasures

My Mountain Top

I believe that the Lord called me a deeper union with Him.

I answered that call by entering the Religious Life.

I entered the Nashville Dominicans.

I loved and treasure the time I was there. 

I returned home to care for my father who suffered from Parkinson's

Disease as well as Alzheimer's.  I took care of him for 9 years. 

During the years I started a support group for those interested in Religious Life.

We first met at my home, then held meetings in several Parishes.

I also put a notice in the Georgia Bulletin and in parish bulletins

to take young single Catholic women to St. Cecilia Convent

for their Jesu Caritas Retreats in Nashville.

I invited Religious Communities to come to Atlanta to share about their lives.

Every month we had a different Community. 

 Several members of the group decided to go around the Eastern US

visiting Cloistered Communities as they don't usually leave the Cloister to speak.

I will post links to the Communities.

Blessed be God!  I know the Lord called me to enter the Dominicans. 

He also called me to leave to care for my Dad.  I started traveling to

Nashville each month to attend the meetings for the Lay Dominicans.

I even got to participate in the creation of the Southern Province of

the Laity in New Orleans, LA.  This satisfied my yearning to live a 

Dominican Life. My Profession was held in the Chapel of St. Cecilia

Motherhouse.  

I went to the Mountain Top.  He opened my eyes as well as my heart.

It's an awesome view at the top.

Because I trust in God's Providence, I answered His Call.

It was with the same trust, I surrendered my "fiat," and came home

and led others to that mountain top.

Mountain Top

Have you ever heard the Amy Grant song,,, Mountain Top?  I love this song.  It is from her early years.  I think it is "my song" as it tells my story. Click HERE to listen.

Here are the lyrics:

MOUNTAIN TOP


I love to sing and I love to pray,
Worship the Lord most every day.
I go to the temple, and I just want to stay
To hide from the hustle of the world and it's ways.

And I'd
Love to live on a mountain top,
Fellowshipping with the Lord.
I'd love to stand on a mountain top,
'Cause I love to feel my spirit
Soar....

But I've got to come down
From the mountain top
To the people in the valley below;
They'll never know
That they can go
To the mountain of the Lord.

Now praising the Father is a good thing to do,
To worship the Trinity in spirit and truth.
But if we worshipped all of the time,
Well, there would be no one to lead the blind.

But I'd
Love to live on a mountain top,
Just fellowshipping with the Lord.
And I'd love to stand on a mountain top,
'Cause I love to feel my spirit
Soar.... (Soar....)

But I've got to come down
From the mountain top
To the people in the valley below;
They'll never know
That they can go
To the mountain of the Lord.

I am not saying that worship is wrong,
But worship is more than just singin' some songs,
'Cause it's all that we say and everything that we do;
It's letting God's Spirit live through you.

I believe that the Lord called me a deeper union with Him.I answered that call by entering the Religious Life. I entered the Nashville Dominicans. I loved and treasure the time I was there.
I returned home to care for my father who suffered from Parkinson's Disease as well as Alzheimer's.
 I took care of him for 9 years.
During those years I started a support group for those interested in Religious Life.

We first met at my home, then held meetings in several Parishes.I also put a notice in the
Georgia Bulletin and in parish bulletins to take young single Catholic women to St. Cecilia Convent

for their Jesu Caritas Retreats in Nashville.
I invited Religious Communities to come to Atlanta to share about their lives.
Every month we had a different Community. 
Several members of the group decided to go around the Eastern US
visiting Cloistered Communities as they don't usually leave the Cloister to speak.


I will post links to the Communities.


Blessed be God!  I know the Lord called me to enter the Dominicans. 
He also called me to leave to care for my Dad. 
I went to the Mountain Top.  He opened my eyes as well as my heart.
It's an awesome view at the top.


Because I trust in God's Providence, I answered His Call.
It was with the same trust, I surrendered my "fiat," and came home
and led others to that mountain top.