Give it another minute and it should start working.
LCWR royalty Sr. Joan Chittister is a perfect example of the type of ‘nun’ Pope Francis and Cardinal Braz de Aviz have just green-lighted again.
At the Huffpo:
Like many spiritual teachers across all the major faiths, Sister Joan Chittister believes that the soul is an intrinsic part of our being — but this outspoken Roman Catholic nun defines it a little differently than some. As Sister Joan tells Oprah in the above video from “Super Soul Sunday,” she believes that the soul you’re born with isn’t necessarily the soul you have later in life.
As Sister Joan defines the soul, it is all about recognizing the beauty of life. “It’s layers of consciousness. It layers of awareness,” she says. “The more life that you let in, the more life you will have, and then your own soul does grow.”
This gobbledigook sounds a bit like the Holy Father. Slice and dice the soul. Change it. Let the consciousness layers land on it. Watch it grow like a tomato so long as you live, live, live! Let life in and then you will have it, a huge soul like mine!
The way the soul evolves, Sister Joan explains, is similar to how life itself unfolds: slowly and deliberately. This concept is poignantly articulated by French novelist and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in his 1942 memoir, Flight to Arras, which includes one particular line that has always stuck with Sister Joan.
“Exupéry says someplace something like this. He says, ‘To live is to be slowly born,'” Sister Joan cites.
Wow. How deep is this! Does Sister Joan know what a soul is?
The reason some people seem more soulful or as if they have “more” soul than others, she adds, is because they have grown their souls during their lifetime. “There’s no magic age; 18 doesn’t do it, 21 doesn’t do it,” Sister Joan says. “It’s a process.”
What is that process? Does it have anything to do with Christ or His Church? Why does this Joan-soul have to be so physical? If it grows as big as Godzilla will I still fit in my suit?
Why does the pope who tried to correct this LCWR institutional monstrosity get hounded into isolation, then some sharpy moved in so that now, once again, we’re treated to these sinister life lessons? How is it that these creepy pantsuits are more powerful than the actual Church?
“I don’t have the same soul that I had at 6,” she continues. “I have a soul now that’s thicker, deeper, warmer, broader, brighter, wiser than ever before.”
Forgive me but this sounds a touch witchy, doesn’t it? Thicker, deeper, broader…also bright and wise. Is this a nun or Nietzsche‘s Übermensch?
And Sister’s soul keeps getting warmer too, even at her age. It’s practically burning.
