Good morning!

The day began with some sad news : the death of a Contemplative sister:
Sister Marguerite Marie Le Coq (Martillac. France)

After a few words of introduction reminding us that today we must look beyond ourselves, our own interests and preferences, we spent some time in prayer repeating many times over the invocation to the Holy Spirit.

The final prayer:

God, our Father,
when we realise how much you love us,
something in our life becomes calm and we are transformed.
In Jesus, your well-beloved Son, our Peace and our Joy,
You bless us and call us to CHOOSE LIFE.
In your goodness, grant our prayer today so that,
through Him and in Him,
attentive to your Spirit,
in all our decisions and all our choices,
we may be a hymn of praise to your Glory.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

After the prayer there followed the period of listening that we mentioned yesterday. The sisters expressed themselves in depth and sincerity. We then moved on to the next step: the indicative vote.

Malini and Malena handed a voting paper to each capitulant on which she was asked to write three names. From these a new list will be drawn up according to the number of votes each sister had received.

At 10:30 the sisters will be able go back to the hall to pick up this new list. From this time until 11:30 Margaret and the facilitator will be available to any sister who wishes to communicate the reasons why she would like her name to be taken off the list .

At 11:45 we will return to the chapter hall where we will find the definitive list and we will proceed with the election proper according to the Constitutions of the Institute:
the required majority, number of votes etc. (Art. Const. 230)