What is the life and work of a nun?
Her life is one of consecration to God by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Covetousness, lust, and pride are three of the greatest forces dragging human beings from God. The soul that would approach God must learn to detach itself from earthly goods, and affections, and self will. A Catholic girl who is spiritually inclined, and whose love of God steadily develops under the influence of divine grace, may quite well feel the desire to consecrate herself entirely to God, and permanently, by entering the convent, and binding herself by vows not to seek earthly possessions, sensual pleasures, or the proud independence which multitudes prize. As a nun, therefore, she is vowed to poverty, chastity, and obedience; and within the convent finds her life regulated by the rule directing her daily activities from 5 a. m. until 10 p. m. That rule consists of alternating prayer, work, and community recreations. The work of a nun will depend upon the particular order she enters. It may c
