Rehearsing under the direction of Mother Abbess Cecelia
REGINA: Has the success of your albums brought any changes?
Mother Abbess Cecilia: We actually do not speak of the albums’ success. It is not out of a morbid sense of depreciation for what we have done, but I think anyone can see what fame does to people's heads: essentially it is
a distraction.
We would much rather be successful at living happily and living well in the presence of God, so we do not want to invest thought in being "somebodies.” We only desire the salvation of souls, and that all be done for His greater glory and the honor of Our Lady.
Sr. Scholastica: We sometimes get less serious vocation inquiries on account of our music. We have even had an aspirant say “Oh, I expected you to be in rehearsals all day!” Generally, these inquirers have a bit of a rude awakening to our life of hard prayer and hard work! But there have been good things too, we have been able to extend our prayer to different corners of the world without actually going anywhere!
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