When she was an orphan, Jane didn't know what faith was. She was only taken to be baptized by her parents as a child, and then she prayed and went to Mass as her parents told her. She didn't know why she believed or went to Mass. She asked her parents,
My parents don’t know why, because their parents’ parents also came here like this.
Just like many people who don't know the meaning of their own names, this is a habit that doesn't deserve too much attention.
Within the kingdom, even if there is a king who presides over justice among the nobility and lords, the conquests between the various territories are always constant, not to mention that the borders of the kingdom are often troubled by barbarians and pagans.
Jane became an orphan inexplicably in a war of unknown origin.
She wandered for a week, and in just seven days, she was reduced to skin and bones, and was about to starve to death on the street. At that critical moment of her life, the monastery accepted her and adopted her into the monastery along with other children.
There, Jane finally had enough to eat and she was saved.
The convent was a convent that only accepted nuns. Jane studied and grew up with other children there. Naturally, some of them were lagging behind in their studies. Those children were considered by the nuns as not having the talent to study theology and were often sent away by the nuns. He was adopted by a farmer's family in the church village. When he grew up, he settled down in the church village where there was a lack of labor, and each had his own occupation.
Jane likes to stay in the nunnery. She likes the church that is not tall but warm.
The nunnery chapel was not completed when Jane was a child, and certainly does not exist now; in many places it is several generations before a church is built.
During daily prayers and daily classes, the nuns who got up early and accumulated good deeds would bring the children to the church. Dozens of people bowed their heads in a polite manner, clasped their hands, listening to the dull scriptures of the old priest, and after the steady prayers , every sentence responded in unison.
Jane liked that feeling very much. She liked the unfinished church very much.
Because it was not completed, the roof of the church had not yet been capped and was open. Large areas of morning sunlight fell on the church floor tiles without any obstruction. The piled gray stones suddenly went from cold and cold to warm. At this time, Jane Hui looked at The icon, she saw, seemed to be glowing from the inside out, and the areas made of wood on the icon glowed with a refreshingly warm color.
As time passed by at the fingertips, Jane gradually grew up. She was left in a nunnery because of her excellent academic performance and her devotion to God.
At this time, Jane was already able to assist the old priest in various rituals with ease, and the ritual standards were correct, and her hands and feet were also extremely agile.
She acted quickly and cautiously.
Naturally, Jane would help the old priest baptize the newborn baby. At that time, the old priest in the monastery would take out a thick Christian list, which was full of Christian names for newborn babies.
Each name on the church roster will have its meaning marked with a line of small letters.
Jane had seen the names in the church register several times, but she was not curious about it, let alone paid too much attention to it. It was like her parents didn't know why they wanted to believe in the Lord, and the church register was a kind of thing that didn't deserve too much attention. Take it for granted.
However, one time,
A couple came, and their child was crying and unwilling to be baptized.
Jane, who had always acted quickly and cautiously, happened to be this time, when she rushed forward to comfort the child, she accidentally knocked the church book from the old priest's hand.
What was even more unfortunate was that when the church roster fell to the ground, it was opened to page 146.
But just at this moment, the clouds and fog dispersed, and a ray of light shot down from the huge uncapped hole in the church.
Jane didn't pay attention to that page at first. She hurriedly apologized to the old priest and bent down to pick up the religious register. She thought in her heart that she would quickly pick up the religious register and close it, and the baptism would be completed.
However, unfortunately, she glanced at the teaching roster, and this casual glance instantly became a shocking glimpse in her future memories.
Because on page 146 of that church directory, her name was written on the first line.
[Jane: My lord has mercy. 】
In a lifetime, how many times a person will hear his own name from others or from his own mouth is like the vast universe. Perhaps no one can tell clearly except God.
In those calls one after another, the name became a simple symbol, reduced to a commonplace thing that did not deserve too much attention.
"My Lord have mercy."
Jane suddenly froze in place, memories of the past flooding into her heart.
She lost her parents due to the war and was about to starve to death, but it was the monastery that saved her, allowing her to grow up in an uncapped church, receive education, go to Mass day after day, and finally became a nun and has the warm life she has today.
Why do you have everything you have now?
Because the church has the mission of helping the poor.
Because of the quoted scripture: "The Lord gives us life, so we must not ignore the lives of others, because they are also given by the Lord." 】
More because...
My Lord have mercy.
Jane saw the meaning of her name.
This is like looking back at Mu Ran after a long absence from her hometown. Looking at the familiar name, she suddenly realized that things have changed and people have changed, and she burst into tears.
She firmly believed that this was a revelation from God, that the Lord's monastery could save her from suffering. Now that she saw this passage, the Lord must have entrusted her with some mission.
When that day comes, you must not be afraid of the road ahead, let alone lack of strength.
After that day, Jian spent all her energy studying theology in the church and comprehending the mysteries of heaven.
The next year, relying on her theological attainments, she received a recommendation letter from the vice-chancellor to the Pope. In the letter, the vice-chancellor requested the Pope to promote Jane to the canon, allowing her to serve as a nun.
The position of the abbot of a monastery is an honorary position, usually held concurrently by the contemporary pope. Therefore, the pope is also called the head of the monastery, while the position of deputy abbot is the real power position of the monastery.
As for the Mother Superior, she may be considered a Preparatory Vice-President.
When Jane learned that the vice-chancellor planned to hand over the monastery to her, she did not refuse. After the Pope's reply came, she was promoted to the priesthood and took over the post of head nun piously and humbly.
In the years that followed, Jane completed two of her traveling missionary journeys.
These two wandering missionary trips occurred at the age of nineteen and thirty-one respectively, and the duration of both trips was seven years.
Now, Jane is forty-seven years old, and the deputy dean is nearly seventy. The latter often takes time out from his daily classes to go to the village to see how long it will take for his coffin to be completed.
In this year, Jane proposed to travel for the third time to preach.
The vice president readily agreed.
They tacitly understood to each other that the vice-chancellor's days were numbered and she was about to receive the Lord's grace.
