Alberta's Defiant Faith

I would like to share my friend Alberta's vocation story. An accomplished violinist, she climbs mountains in Europe...falls at the foot of crosses...faces her mother's unexpected terminal illness on her way to discovering God's call for her life. 

You'll have to read to get the full story. 

It has been just over a year since Alberta joined the Poor Clares in Chicago, and I have been thinking of her and praying for her recently. What an honor and delight it was to live with her during her year in Ann Arbor. I was in the midst of the very stressful first year of my two-year master degree program. I am still grateful for her witness of perseverance, particularly in prayer, which challenged me to pursue holiness and to live with great faith in the midst of the trials I was experiencing at the time. 

Alberta created this blog before she entered the monastery, wanting to have a way to share with others after she had entered this cloistered community the great things God had done for her. 

Here is Alberta's story: http://preparedasthemorninglight.wordpress.com/vocation-story/

Blessings!