First, a warm welcome to all who visit here. You might be noticing that a few things are not in place yet. You might even be wondering if the sisters really understand this world of blogs. Well, not exactly. What we do know is that after a year of starts and stops and stubbing toes and thumbs, we decided to just begin. Our Dutch friends often tell us: “Stapje voor stapje.” Step by step. So if you can bear with us, we will build this blog together.
Please don’t think we missed the perfect day, January 1, to begin. That would have been too much. The priest who offered Mass for us on New Year’s was none other than the former primate of the Netherlands, Cardinal Simonis. He ended his wonderful homily by reminding the good people who joined us for Mass that despite the questions that might arise in each one’s heart about the new year, worries and doubts, they were already half-through the year 2010. “For a work well begun is a work half done, and you have begun this new year in the best of ways. Well done.” After such a start of 2010, we could well wait another day.
