"Let us first be great Catholics, profound lovers of Christ, ardent disciples of the Holy Spirit. Expression will follow." These words of Sr. Madleva stood out to me, as they are what I would intuit. One must first "be" and the words will flow from that, as it were.
Beautiful, thank you for this! I'm going to write on Sr. Madaleva for an upcoming issue of Magnificat, on the recommendation of a friend...I hadn't known of her. Those of us who write from and in some cases for, the Church, ponder What Catholic Literature Is...I have a whole slew of what i call my Personal Communion of Artist Saints who may or may not be Catholic as in worshipers of Christ, but are "Catholic" in that they treat their work as a Catholic would treat it, with discipline of the mind and the will...celebrating them is one of the joys of my life. Anyway, your post is bookmarked and will be of great help.
"Let us first be great Catholics, profound lovers of Christ, ardent disciples of the Holy Spirit. Expression will follow." These words of Sr. Madleva stood out to me, as they are what I would intuit. One must first "be" and the words will flow from that, as it were.
Beautiful, thank you for this! I'm going to write on Sr. Madaleva for an upcoming issue of Magnificat, on the recommendation of a friend...I hadn't known of her. Those of us who write from and in some cases for, the Church, ponder What Catholic Literature Is...I have a whole slew of what i call my Personal Communion of Artist Saints who may or may not be Catholic as in worshipers of Christ, but are "Catholic" in that they treat their work as a Catholic would treat it, with discipline of the mind and the will...celebrating them is one of the joys of my life. Anyway, your post is bookmarked and will be of great help.
Wonderful! I look forward to reading that and learning more about the good sister!