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What's it like to carry the name of one of the greatest saints in Church history? Sr. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to share her vocation story and the friendship that shaped it. It began with a children's book she read in third or fourth grade, told in Thomas's own voice, that ended with a line she never forgot: "My name is Thomas, I want to be your friend." Years later, after an experience in Rome of wanting to belong completely to God, that early friendship helped lead her to the Dominican Sisters of Mary. Sr. Thomas Aquinas and Sr. Miriam talk about how Sisters actually receive their names, submitted as three prayed-over choices and ultimately bestowed by Mother at the reception of the habit with the question, "What do you desire?", and why a name in religious life isn't a new identity but a deepening of who God made you to be. She also opens up about the weight of a name so strong it signals an intellectual giant, and how she came to embrace introducing the world to her friend…
What's it like to carry the name of one of the greatest saints in Church history? Sr. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to share her vocation story and the friendship that shaped it. It began with a children's book she read in third or fourth grade, told in Thomas's own voice, that ended with a line she never forgot: "My name is Thomas, I want to be your friend." Years later, after an experience in Rome of wanting to belong completely to God, that early friendship helped lead her to the Dominican Sisters of Mary. Sr. Thomas Aquinas and Sr. Miriam talk about how Sisters actually receive their names, submitted as three prayed-over choices and ultimately bestowed by Mother at the reception of the habit with the question, "What do you desire?", and why a name in religious life isn't a new identity but a deepening of who God made you to be. She also opens up about the weight of a name so strong it signals an intellectual giant, and how she came to embrace introducing the world to her friend…
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Ep. 38: My Name Is Thomas, I Want to Be Your Friend (Sr. Thomas Aquinas, O.P.)
SlušanoWhat's it like to carry the name of one of the greatest saints in Church history? Sr. Thomas Aquinas, O.P. sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to share her vocation story and the friendship that shaped it. It began with a children's book she read in third or fourth grade, told in Thomas's own voice, that ended with a line she never forgot: "My name is Thomas, I want to be your friend." Years later, after an experience in Rome of wanting to belong completely to God, that early friendship helped lead her to the Dominican Sisters of Mary. Sr. Thomas Aquinas and Sr. Miriam talk about how Sisters actually receive their names, submitted as three prayed-over choices and ultimately bestowed by Mother at the reception of the habit with the question, "What do you desire?", and why a name in religious life isn't a new identity but a deepening of who God made you to be. She also opens up about the weight of a name so strong it signals an intellectual giant, and how she came to embrace introducing the world to her friend…
Ep. 37: What Does She Know That I Don't? A Scientist's Yes to Christ (Sr. Mary Andre, O.P.)
SlušanoWhat does it take to go from knowing a lot about God to actually knowing Him? Sr. Mary Andre, O.P. sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to share her story, and it starts with a question that wouldn't leave her alone. An Ann Arbor native and lifelong lover of science, Sr. Mary Andre was studying biochemistry and imagining a future in a research lab, fascinated by the hidden workings of the cell, when a friend leaned over in the back of a car one night and simply prayed from the heart, speaking to Jesus as if she knew Him. Well catechized but spiritually restless, Sr. Mary Andre found herself wondering, "What does she know that I don't?" From there she and Sr. Miriam trace the moments that changed everything: a two-hour confession line at a Notre Dame summer camp where she gave the Lord her full attention and heard His voice in return, the "proposal moment" she still has journaled somewhere, and her need for a word she couldn't doubt before giving her whole self away. Along the way they talk about hearing God in…
Ep. 36: Who Is Like God? St. Michael the Archangel, Defend Us in Battle (Sr. Mary Michael, O.P.)
Slušano"Who is like God?" It's not a boast but a question, and it's the very meaning of St. Michael's name. Sr. Mary Michael, O.P. sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to talk about her patron, the great Archangel, and the hidden world of the angels who are always closer than we think. A former occupational therapy student from Northeast Tennessee, Sr. Mary Michael shares how a college Mass at a campus student center reawakened her faith and eventually led her to trade a hard-won career path for the convent. From there she and Sr. Miriam explore who the angels really are: pure spirits with intellect and will, gifted with infused knowledge, and faced with a single, eternal choice for or against God. They trace Michael's stand against Lucifer, the pride behind the fall, and the humility that makes all the difference. Sr. Mary Michael also opens up about her deep love for the St. Michael Prayer, which she prays throughout the day for the Pope, for priests, in moments of temptation, and before big decisions, along with the…
Ep. 35: From the Farm to the Airwaves – The Life and Legacy of Fulton Sheen (Sr. Fulton Marie, O.P.)
SlušanoHow did a bookish farm boy who hated farm life become one of the most influential voices in American Catholic history? Sr. Fulton Marie, O.P., one of the newest Sisters to join the community and a Peoria native like Sheen himself, sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to trace the remarkable life and legacy of the soon-to-be-Blessed Fulton Sheen, whose beatification on September 24th has the whole Church talking. From his early years on the farm to the professor's chair at Catholic University, where he taught for more than twenty years, to the radio and television work that reached millions, Sheen's story is one of a life poured out for souls. Sr. Fulton Marie and Sr. Miriam unpack the secret behind it all: a Third Order Carmelite whose evangelization flowed entirely from his deep contemplation of God. Along the way they dwell on his beloved book Calvary and the Mass and his moving reflection on Christ's cry of "I thirst" from the cross, a thirst answered in the Eucharist. Sr. Fulton Marie also shares a bit of her…
Ep. 34: Ask the Sisters – Q&A #2 (Sr. Louis Marie, O.P. & Sr. Elizabeth John, O.P.)
SlušanoTime for another mailbag! Sr. Louis Marie, O.P. and Sr. Elizabeth John, O.P. are back with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to answer your questions, pulled at random from the cup and answered on the spot. This round covers a little of everything: how the Sisters take turns cooking for one another in community (and what that says about love in the little things), heartfelt advice for teachers weighed down by stress, and the freeing truth that you can be excellent without being perfect. The conversation even turns to the headlines, as the Sisters share their thoughts on Pope Leo's latest encyclical on artificial intelligence and what the Church has to say about living well in a rapidly changing world. Thank you for sending in such wonderful questions! You can submit more through the Torch app, linked below. Download the Torch App Take the Virtue Survey Join the Openlight Media Community: TikTok Instagram…