Novitiate Page #4

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You shut your mouth!

But, reverend mother, you're talking.

That is because I am reprimanding you

right now, Jenny!

- I am reprimanding you!

-Lt's "sissy."

I don't care in the least.

I want you to get down

on your hands and knees

and crawl all the way here.

Say as many hail Marys as you can,

from here to there.

Right now!

On your hands and knees, sister!

Hail... hail Mary...

Are you talking?

Do I still hear you talking?

Silence!

I didn't have any clue.

Sorry. I didn't realize

anybody was here.

No, no, it's okay.

Come here.

Come here. I'd like to talk to you.

- How are you, sister cathleen?

- Good.

Thank you.

And the other girls?

Are they still upset about

sister sissy being sent home?

Everybody mostly understands.

We all miss her. I miss her, but...

Of course.

Do you often come here

to pray by yourself?

Sometimes.

Especially now that

our first vows are coming up.

L just wanted to spend some extra time

communicating with him,

and make sure he's okay

with me becoming a novice.

I'm pretty sure he's okay with it.

I think you're gonna be a great nun.

Thank you, sister.

Just do me a favor, okay?

Please make sure this is what you want.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Okay.

Lord, please forgive me,

i haven't done well today.

I didn't focus enough

on my prayers this morning,

and I rushed to mass

because I just wanted

to be with my friends.

And I'm sorry, sometimes I feel like

I pay more attention to my friends

than I do you.

And I just pray that

you censure my heart,

and you center my thoughts

and my mind only on you.

You shall speak to him

and put the words in his mouth

and I will be with your mouth

and with his mouth

and will teach you both what to do

you shall speak to him

and put the words in his mouth

and I will be with your mouth

and with his mouth

and will teach you both what to do

you shall speak to him

and put the words in his mouth

and I will be with your mouth

and with his mouth

and will teach you both what to do

you shall speak to him

and put the words in his mouth

and I will be with your mouth

and with his mouth

and will teach you both what to do

you shall speak to him

and put the words in his mouth

and I will be with your mouth

and with his mouth

keep going.

And will teach you both what to do

keep singing-

you shall speak to him

and put the words in his mouth

I owe you no explanation whatsoever.

I just want you

to collect your belongings

and get yourselves back home.

All right, out you go.

Enough's enough.

Come along.

Mmm!

- What just happened?

- Oh, nothing.

I'm sending those two girls home.

You're sending Mariana and Teresa home?

I was told that their relationship

was veering toward

something inappropriate.

But they're just young girls, right?

Perhaps they're just friends.

Perhaps they're just seeking comfort

in each other.

Seeking comfort in each other?

Is that what we do around here now?

Are you questioning me again?

Are you questioning myjudgment?

So, why don't you tell me, Mary grace.

How are those two girls

expected to go their entire lives

without any form of physical affection,

when they can't even make it

a few months?

I don't know.

You know, there have been

moments, recently,

when it's begun to feel to me

as if you don't want to

be here with us anymore.

As if everything requires

some sort of inquisition by you.

What is your trouble exactly?

Part of my trouble is you.

Me'?

I don't understand your motivations.

God is my motivation.

God is my reason and motivation

for everything I do.

How can you be absolutely certain

of what he wants?

I am quite certain.

I think it's wrong of you to keep us

in the dark about Vatican ll.

Whatever's in those documents,

whatever it is

that you're hiding from us,

that's going to affect all of us...

It is not going to affect any of us.

- This will affect none of us.

- Why can't you just tell me?

Because I don't want to.

I don't have to, and I don't want to.

- Fine, mother!

- Yes, fine!

Fine indeed, Mary!

I just wanted to...

I just wanted to tell you

I've decided to leave the convent.

Postulantsi what?

I'm very sorry that I won't be there

to see you take your first vows.

What do you mean? Where are you going?

It's because

of reverend mother, isn't it?

She wants to take you away from us.

No, no, no, that's not it.

This is my decision.

I've been a rose

since I was 16 years old.

My time here has been wonderful,

but I am not meant to be here anymore.

Will you still be a member

of the church after you leave?

Yes.

This is my family.

You, each and every one of you

that I've spent day in and day outwith.

I love each and every one of you

with everything in my heart.

"We become what we love

and who we love shapes what we become.

"Imitation is not

a literal mimicking of Christ,

"rather it means becoming

the image of the beloved.

"An image disclosed

through transformation."

Be still...

Please clear the way

for my untouched virginal body to pass.

There's a new era coming,

a new wind blowing in here.

There will come a time, very soon,

when all your cathedrals

will finally crumble.

All these trappings and clothing

falling away to the ground.

And it'll be us, all of us,

standing here naked before god.

Girls,

we only have a few more minutes.

- We have a long way to go.

- Can you do it yourself?

Our parents are out there.

Does anyone have a knitting needle?

Sister Anne, do you have

any knitting needles?

I don't even have them.

Can someone help her

with her veil?

Postulant 42 I'll get it.

Postulant 52 I need a band.

With the help of god,

I have come to know in this community...

...both the difficulty and the joy

of a life completely devoted to him.

My desire is to be allowed

to make perpetual profession.

I seek to become a temporary bride

of Christ for a year and a half

and to persevere

in all of my undying love.

May we be worthy of Christ's love.

We're married! We're married!

We're married!

- I love you, god!

- I love you, Jesus!

I'm married to Jesus.

Christ. Christ.

The novitiate,

as I'm sure you've all heard,

is the most grueling

and demanding period...

Why are they breaking

our mirrors like that?

...in any nun's life.

It is then when the strength

of your so-called vocations

will be tested to their limits.

It's also about learning to be perfect.

Because, and I think you'd all agree,

our savior deserves no less

from each one of you

than a perfect wife.

So, once a week,

we will be meeting in this room

for an exercise called

"chapter of faults."

And one thing I can assure you,

we do not leave

until the chapter is finished.

So... you, sister.

Me? Evelyn.

I'm sister Evelyn.

Come to the center of the room, please.

Now...

I want you to think for a moment,

and then I want you to carefully list

every single fault

you're aware of in yourself.

I'm sorry, what?

What don't you understand?

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