CMSWR Summer in Rome 2013

Sister Mary Immaculata, Carmel D.C.J.
Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

We are "surrounded by such a cloud of witnesses" here in Rome.  At the Domus, we are in easy walking distance of the altars where so many great saints are at rest (Peter, Philip, James, Bartholomew, Catherine of Siena, Ignatius of Loyola...), relics, holy places, the sites of the martyrdoms of thousands of Christians.  If "the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians," it is impossible in this setting not to have the soil of one's heart softened and well-prepared for the graces of the Holy Spirit that we are receiving in abundance.  I am very grateful for this experience.