Work as Prayer

I give a lot of thought to how I can bring the experience of living in community with the sisters back to my daily life. Sr. Dorothy Jean gives me a tangible example. We have visitors who arrive just as the bell is rung for Noon Prayer. I invite them to join us in the chapel, and they accept. Afterwards, I ask Sister what I should do if there are people in the bookstore when the bell rings for prayer. She explains that she sees that serving them is her prayer at that time. As she explains, “I know that the community is praying for me.”

How will my work as a teacher be a prayer? How will I stay mindful of all that I am learning here at the monastery? I remember that I have the servant towel hanging at the back of my room. Teaching is my way of serving. May I do it with joy and love.