Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Harshaji wrote: > I don't know much about Catholicism except that on our first visit to > the U.S., I went to a Catholic grade school which was right next to > our house.> > The two nuns were the most beautiful angels I had ever met and were > so warm and kind and made us feel most welcome in the church which > the school was in. The loving hands of God...everywhere.> > One day, the nuns showed up at our house (which was literally next > door to the school) and took my mother, me, and my brothers to see > the movie, "Sounds of Music" with Julie Andrews which had just come > out. Wow!! What an experience for a kid to see it all on the big > screen. This is such a beautiful story Harsha. "The Sound of Music" is a wonderful movie. So is the Music in it!!! It is really heartwarming to hear your childhood memories of travel to the US. > Those nuns were really beautiful angels. There is no other word for > it. The Father (priest) was okay too, but I really liked the Mother > and the Sister. That is what we called them. We called one of them > Mother and called the other one Sister. They seemed about the same > age though, except maybe the Mother was a few years older. It is clear that they had an impact on you by the fact that you speak of them so fondly. Something tells me that the exchange went both ways. I suspect you had an impact on the nuns too. > I gotta to be quiet now! Don't make me talk no more! :-). Didn't they teach you better English? :-) I think they would be scandalized. For that, the invocation that follows three times: OM Asato Maa SadgamayaTamaso Maa Jyotir GamayaMryitor Maa Amrtam GamayaOM, Shaantih, Shaantih, Shaantih Oh, and the Upanishads...all of them...in Sanskrit. Love, Joyce Jean > /join> > > > > > The Heart is the Self. > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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