Is this what the American people want?
We received this reflection this morning, from some Carmelite Nuns whom we know, about the election returns. It expresses the emotions of many of us, we think:
“When we woke up to the election results Wednesday morning, it was as though a great pall settled over us; like the death of one we loved very, very dearly. It was really hard to believe. Can it really be true that this is what the American people want?
“But we must trust and believe that there will be a Resurrection. Let us pray! And as our Holy Mother, St. Teresa, would say: “I resolved to live the Evangelical Counsels as perfectly as I could!” May God bless America by bringing Americans back to God!”
These nuns were inspired to say this after they had read our humorous essay, “Benjamin Franklin explains the election.” They said this about it: “This is very clever. It can be amusing but it is far too much a reality!”