WHO WERE OUR FOUNDERS, THEODOSIUS AND THERESA
By: Sister John Marie Simien, June 16, 2010
Father Theodosius can be compared to a composer of a great symphony who asked Theresa Scherer to be its conductor. Both conductor and composer shared a great passion for God and the poor. The composition found acceptance worldwide.
When we love radically, we love without prejudice. The fruits of that love, as St. Paul says, are: patience and kindness, humility and joy, tolerance and foregiveness. In their loving relationship to God they found: purpose and meaning, faith and hope, endurance and infinity.
When we make music: we can love with abandon; we experience freedom, liberation, and exhilaration. Their passion for justice brought them to: an utter dependence on God equals poverty; grief, loss, and mourning; meekness-the release of illusions and control; mercy, allowing for an imperfect world and their own imperfection; peace-not to shy from confrontation, but to be still in the midst of the storm; courage with conviction; a sense of discipleship that can change lives; an ability to preach hope; heal wounds from a sense of divine energy.
Their compassion was the springboard that sent them to the: suffering, dying, poor and lost.
Those who had no name were known to their hearts. Those who had no face were seen by the eyes of their souls. Those who were silent were heard in their own silence. Those who were elusive were forever on their minds.
The orchestra that performs this composition has two "stand-outs:" Blessed Ulrika in the "pots and pans" section, Blessed Zdenka in the "cross" section in the music of suffering. Who will be the next "stand out?"
