The Sisters were having a novena for their foundress, Maria Hueber, who founded the missionary group called the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis. She was from Austria. It was a beautiful prayer time with singing and a small historical lesson on the life of Maria Hueber. The order is now teaching, nursing, working with the elderly, delivering babies as midwives, instructing choirs, ministering in prisons, and working with the handicapped, as just a few examples of their ministry, in 3 continents thus far: Germany, Africa, and Bolivia.
Two of the missionary doctors, Tim and Jim, shared a piece of their long-term mission training course, and it is a reflection that I hope to keep in the front of my mind and heart. When you go on a mission, you may not ever know why or for what purpose that you have been called there. You may be somewhere for three years, that has one special moment for which you were there, and you’ll never know what that moment or encounter is. This, I suppose, is the mystery of God. This mystery and trust in Him, requires us to be open and always emanating Him in all that we do, and with all whom we encounter. This is of course, much easier to say than do at times, but the reflection offers a gentle, constant reminder that God requests your kindness, fidelity, patience, and compassion towards others in the simplest of circumstances.
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