Sister Rose Marie, a very gifted writer, wrote the following poem shortly before her entrance to the monastery. 
 Through her poetry she shares with you her great love for Jesus Crucified….

       

    
In Losing Myself I Find Myself With You




How you allure me!

There is no other

who could draw me—

flame thirsting for water,

longing to be quenched.

We are two,

distinct and free to choose.

O Love!

The root of my fire (born of you)

meets your streams of water.

O the passion,

the pain of expiation!

…O Love!

Love!

Love!

I HAVE FOUND YOU!

stretched out

perfectly pinned

upon two wooden beams

where two ‘fiats’ meet.

No greater love is there than this:

to lose,

to lay down one’s life

to freely become prisoner for love.

In losing myself, I find myself with you.

I marry you.

I do.

                                                                                      
                                                                                                  ~ Shannon  (now Sr. Rose Marie)