Written by one of our own sisters, Joy Within His House gives a glimpse into the life within the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary. Through reading the insights shared by Sr. Mary Magdalene and enjoying the photographs included within, you'll get a sense of what nuns do all day, why we choose this life, and the great joy that it brings.
Along with an inside peek at the prayer, study, work, and recreation that order our days, this book provides people from every vocation an opportunity to open themselves to the mystery of God present in daily reality. Tools for growing in holiness in the midst of whatever you face will stick with you long after finishing this enjoyable read.
Sr. Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, OP, entered the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey, in 2009. She made Solemn Profession on January 1, 2015.
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"The vocation of a cloistered nun is meant to be a signpost pointing to the reason why each of us was created for eternal life with God. However, most people view cloistered nuns either as premade saints or perceive them negatively as repressed, unfulfilled fanatics. In Joy In His House, Sr. Mary Magdalene, OP deftly shares with readers the multi-faceted vocation of a Dominican contemplative nun—the first-born of St. Dominic, who founded the preaching friars ten years later. From the very beginning, he associated the life of the nuns with the preaching mission of the Order of Preachers. In sharing what the life of a Dominican nun is Sr. Mary Magdalene in turn points to her readers how each person is called by God to become a saint, living in everlasting joy with God. The joy of living in His House here below is but a foretaste of living forever in the mansions he has prepared for us in heaven." - Sr. Mary Catharine of Jesus Perry, OP, President, North American Association of Dominican Monasteries of Dominican Monasteries
"Joy Within His House illustrates what a blessing we have in the cloistered vocation, a life which Pope Leo XIV recently said 'is good for the Church to know ... because it is a valuable witness.' And that will come through on each page -- perhaps even as a surprise to readers who will undoubtedly see how the contemplative way can shape even the most active of lives." -- Michael R. Heinlein, author of Glorifying Christ: The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I.
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