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When the Lord
called me to Religious life, He did it through
mediations...it
did not work out easy for me to transmit my experience.
Supposedly He was present in my
history and in my life without knowing it...
He is Someone that " had followed " me and had been
calling me without realizing it until He had made
me capable of hearing His voice, recognize Him and
follow Him...
To understand better what
I want to transmit, I will begin to say that I was
born in India. I am Roslin . The place of
my birth is important, because though India belongs to Asia, it
is a subcontinent by itself. Eash state has its
culture, its language, dialect, its idiosyncracy...
interior places exist where many people are
Christians yet, there is no presence of a priest nor a
religious. The people live their faith with the
help of the catechists, that are usually the best people
in the village. The parishes remain far and
at times, it is necessary to walk for several hours
inorder to hear mass or receive Sacraments. There
is no means of communication...
I believe that it is
important to know these details inorder to understand
that it has been Him, who has sought me...He has touched silent and simple fibers of my heart from a very
tender age in His simple manner, because it has been
long that He had settled in me, in a young girl born
in one of those remote villages... I had heard many
youth speaking about going to the capital to look for
work, but it seemed to me very far... But the Lord was
with me, He is the Lord of everything and all and He
chooses whom He likes for Him... thus, I left for
New Delhi, met the sisters and I remained to study,
living with them. I used to observe the
religious, how they would work and would treat the girls...
I would try to discover the cause of their lives, of
their mission, of the generous offering.
I started to hear the name
of Vicenta Maria. The sisters cannot embrace all
our culture, nor all the languages of the youth, but
there was a language of love that would make possible in understanding and helping these girls.
While I would observed them I did not stop to question
myself... For whom are they doing this...? For
what they are helping and giving to these youth...?
and I would say " I also
have the same culture, and I speak the same language...
could I not help also these girls, talking to them,
teaching them catechism... to be more of a person...
..........? Perhaps I could not continue to
help here, the work that Vicenta Maria
started and that these sisters with such dedication,
love and effort are doing...?
Little by little and
living with them, in prayer and work at His side I was
discovering and giving answers to my desires... this
Someone for whom the sisters work amd with whom would
passed a lot of time in the Chapel without getting bored, was
JESUS, to whom had been offered their lives and Jesus
would tell them that they would have to express
this offering in the service of the youth, my
sisters, to my people that they would find alone in the
big cities like Delhi...
Thus, they were
illuminating all my questions... I remained in Delhi,
learned English... I asked for an entrance and they
accepted me... and here I am... it does not leave me
anything more than to live each day the conviction made
in life of what Yahweh said to His people, by the
lips of Isaiah " I have created you... I have
called you by name... you are mine..." I
feel that who is the Lord in my life sounds in my
ears... and I cannot be but thank Him who has settled in me, may have pronounced my name, may
have called me and that may have put my life in people
who have helped me to discover His presence in me,
His call and accompaniment in the journey of my faith...
On the 27th of June 2003, Feast of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus, I professed my perpetual vows and today I feel
anew in India.
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