I professed my religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Daughter of St Paul on 30 June 1968. From the beginning, I did not see these vows as a list of “do’s” and “don’ts.” Rather, I understood them as a profound and lifelong commitment, a step of faith that carried both promise and uncertainty.
For me, the Vow of Obedience is about finding the will of God and saying “Yes” to it.
The hard part is that the thoughts of God are often unlike my thoughts! Since I joined this Congregation, God has given me many surprises. One of them was that God offered me an opportunity to study English the day I professed my Final Vows. I was not good at English when I was a student, so it was a real surprise that God would ask this of me. Why me? Why English?… It must have already been a sign of God's plan to call me to Australia nine years later although I had no clue about that at the time.