Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Religious community for girls with trisomy
Thanks to Berenike for this lovely story posted on her blog Laodicea: Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb. This is a small contemplative Benedictine community called Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb. There are seven sisters, five of whom have Downs syndrome. They have recently moved to a new location "near a large Benedictine Monastery". (That would be Fontgombault.)
90% of children with Downs Syndrome are killed before seeing the light of day. Small as it is, this community's charming and gentle example deserves to echo around the globe as a testament that people are not worthless just because they have trisomy.
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On a similar theme, you may be interested in the story of the German singer Thomas Quasthoff, who has overcome the disadvantages associated with Thalidomide to become one of the most sought after baritones of his generation.
I heard him sing in Bach’s St Matthew Passion recently and was bowled over by the sheer malevolence with which he sang the part of Judas. The pathos with which he sang the bass aria “Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder”, which follows Judas’ betrayal, was one of the few high points in an otherwise uninspiring rendering by Sir Simon Rattle.
Of course there are plenty of people who would have said that Quasthoff’s life “would not be worth living”, but I would ask such people to have the humility to hear him sing and admit that they are wrong.
May God reward you for sharing this, Father. These very special brides of Christ must delight His Heart wounded for love of each and every one of us. I have linked this post of yours to my blog.
Flippin' cheek! That's my translation, they've just taken that off my post without so much as a "thanks"! The leaflet is in French, I found it in Le Barroux this winter, and knowing that I'd never found anything in English about the community, took a copy to translate for the blog.
CHEEK!
Gosh, yes! It was just cut and pasted with no reference to you. I've changed the link to your blog now.
Also put Laodicea on the blogroll.
Ooh, thanks! It was worth being used by LifeSite (they're often doing things that are just slopppy and annoying - not checking stories for reliability, that sort of thing - which is massively unhelpful, as it compromises pro-lifers) to get on your blogroll! :)
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