Why Reform the LCWR? Let Me Count The Ways

Key among them, of course, is the fact that Sister Laurie was spot on in her analysis of the ways the many different congregations of religious women have taken since Vatican II. Terry Mattingly sums it up. Excerpts (with my emphases):

During this era of crisis and decline, some Catholic religious orders have chosen to enter a time of “sojourning” that involves “moving beyond the church, even beyond Jesus,” Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Laurie Brink told a 2007 national gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Say Yes to God in Advent

As did the Mother, as did the Child.

...We are living in urgent times, where illusions are swirling all about, making it difficult to discern what is true and what is not. We are distracted by a thousand things, especially in this season — and our attention is being spun toward the promptings of every sort of gadget, gizmo and noisemaker.

What happens when we are constantly spun? We become dizzy and cannot see things with directness and clarity.

Directness and clarity are at an absolute premium, these days, and I think I am not alone in wondering if we maintain our willingness to be spun and distracted at our own peril...