So today Oprah Winfrey had the Dominican Sisters of Mary Convent on her show today. Video
I thought it was great to see the sisters speaking to the secular world and showing their true joy in being brides of Christ. One of the pressing questions Oprah wanted to get to is what it’s like for the Sisters to take a vow of chastity, no sex ever, how could they function? It’s a legitimate question and on a topic that is so counter cultural to secular society. The question got me to thinking as I too once thought the vow of chastity would be impossible.
After five years of marriage, I’ve learned there is so much more to life than sex. Before marriage I thought a vow of chastity would be impossible, now I can see the vow as totally reasonable. Within my own marriage I have vowed to live chastely. I can totally see how someone with much prayer can easily live life without sex. These Dominican Sisters obviously had a much deeper union with Christ than I think most married people have with their spouses sexually.
I applaud Oprah for having the Sisters of Mary on her show today. Our world is so over-sexed and under loved, not by God, but by one another, that the message the nuns brought was much needed bright light that is rarely seen on TV today.
Oprah & the Nuns
I thought it was great to see the sisters speaking to the secular world and showing their true joy in being brides of Christ. One of the pressing questions Oprah wanted to get to is what it’s like for the Sisters to take a vow of chastity, no sex ever, how could they function? It’s a legitimate question and on a topic that is so counter cultural to secular society. The question got me to thinking as I too once thought the vow of chastity would be impossible.
After five years of marriage, I’ve learned there is so much more to life than sex. Before marriage I thought a vow of chastity would be impossible, now I can see the vow as totally reasonable. Within my own marriage I have vowed to live chastely. I can totally see how someone with much prayer can easily live life without sex. These Dominican Sisters obviously had a much deeper union with Christ than I think most married people have with their spouses sexually.
I applaud Oprah for having the Sisters of Mary on her show today. Our world is so over-sexed and under loved, not by God, but by one another, that the message the nuns brought was much needed bright light that is rarely seen on TV today.