Visitors began to come to OLAM, evidently drawn to the quiet Presence in the chapel. Mother and the Nuns were received by the people of Birmingham with great love and tremendous support.

A few months later, Sister Veronica, formerly the abbess of Sancta Clara Monastery transferred to the fledgling community. Mother Angelica’s mother, Mae Francis, entered as an extern postulant on the same day. Mother Angelica and the founding Sisters took up residence in the monastery, inaugurating our life of prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament here in the South. On May 20, 1962, Our Lady of the Angels Monastery was dedicated by Archbishop Toolen. You can be sure that?the Lord will?let you know if you made the wrong move.On May 8, 1962, Mother Angelica, Sister Raphael, Sister Joseph, Sister Michael and Sister Assumpta, the founding Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, left Sancta Clara Monastery in Canton OH for the new foundation in Alabama. When I read?Mother’s quote, the main thing that hits me is the fact that sometimes you just have to try things, even when you’re not sure it’s what God wants.?If we feel moved to do something, pray about it and still feel moved to do it, we should probably “go for it”. One of the most difficult struggles for Christians is determining God’s Will in our lives.? We want to do what God wants us to, but how do we know for sure what “it” is? One of my?favorite sources of wisdom?on this topic is?Mother Angelica, the foundress of the EWTN Global Catholic Network.? Throughout her life, Mother has trusted in God even when it didn’t make sense.? Despite having no experience in broadcasting, she felt that God was calling her to start a television network and she did just that!? (Mother Angelica, from Mother Angelica’s Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality, ?2007? by Doubleday Publishing) The Lord isn’t going to come down and say, “Now, look sweetie, I want you to do this little thing for me.”? He’s not going to do that.? He gave you a brain.? He gave you a memory, an intellect, a will.? Do you realize that if you’re a Christian, you have Sanctifying Grace in you? The Holy Spirit is in you.? Pray.? Move forward in His grace, and you will discover His Will for you.? People often ask me, “How do you know whether something is God’s Will in your life?”? I say, “Ask me next year, and then we’ll know whether it was God’s Will.”

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