Meetings from Word to Word… or tea in the monastery are meetings dedicated to women that take place in the Branice community under the patronage of the Servant of God, Fr. John Schneider – our Founding Father, for the greater honor and glory of Mary Immaculate.
The Saturday afternoon meeting from Word to Word… begins with adoration and listening to the story of another Biblical heroine. During prayer, you can also reflect on various aspects of your life, which is helped by prepared “notebooks” with individual questions.
After meeting God present in the Blessed Sacrament and in the Word, there is time to share this meeting, especially what the Lord Jesus made known and discovered in the Word, what stopped us, moved us, or what we do not yet understand. Women’s testimonies often move deeply…, strengthening each other’s faith. Our human stories are so often written in the Bible, where we can find answers and hints for our daily lives. The Word of God is Living and becomes when we read it!
From the Word of God, we move on to meeting each other, to the word written in lower case, and it is during tea time that we can talk to each other, simply meet and be together. And the beautiful thing is that over the time of our meetings, beautiful relationships and bonds are created, which do not end when we leave the monastery, but they last and thus we become each other’s companions in our everyday matters and events, which are often so difficult, in which we need support, listening, help and mutual prayer for each other.
During the last meeting, Rachel and Lea taught us to look at ourselves in the eyes of God the Father, to find a sense of our value and beauty in Him.
The meeting ended with the transfer of the Flame of Love to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
S. M. Agnieszka Plasło