Obedience

The present tendency to imitate the secular in every way should be ended.  Obedience should be seen not as dehumanizing but as humanly essential.

St. Paul’s figure of the body can be aptly transposed for this purpose.  If every part of the body goes its own way, there would be no body.

Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S.
Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide