When we visit the sisters at the convent (they meet with us homeschoolers once a month or more) we hug (so we touch LOL). We hold doors for each other and the kids always fight over who gets to hold the door.
The sisters also remind us that we should smile more. The doors at the convent are all single so I can’t remark on that, but at the church across the street they are double and both sides are used by us all sisters, lay persons and kids.Whether she is or isn’t a Sister, it sounds like she sneaked out alone today - without her keeper. I’m not joking. Rudeness at the door of the Church is sort of extreme behavior.
I second this!Of all the things to ask " are you married?" Not a hello or thank you? very odd
:yup: Have to agree with this.
For a street-dressed Sister to flip out before even leaving the church suggests a problem. If she was simply having a bad day, then she needs to seek out BlyssfulDreamer and apologize, nothing less. That was a horrid example to her, and anyone who may have witnessed it.
and God Bless you.Looks like someone has found it difficult to live a life of celibacy…
…{guilty snicker…lol!}Looks like someone has found it difficult to live a life of celibacy…
…yes ma’am!I was kind of thinking along the same lines. And to me, another thing that seemed odd in the OP’s description was carrying a large crucifix up to Communion. Of course I don’t know, because I don’t know the lady, but some of this behavior reminds me of some of the things some patients used to do when I was a student nurse doing my psych rotation. I’m not being unkind here, nor judgmental, just making an observation. Her behavior does not seem to be normal, Sister or not. She needs prayers.Hmmm…I seriously doubt this woman is a nun. I think she’s got some mental health issues. You might ask Father who she is, I’m sure he knows - I’m sure you aren’t the only person she’s done this to. I don’t think she needs counseling, but I don’t think she was just “having a bad day” either. Not allowing a woman to hold the door, not allowing anyone to touch her, only entering and exiting a church through the right door (not the left - in Latin, “sinister” - hmmmm) yeah, there’s some mental health issues going on here! That’s not just “being crotchety.” Pray for her, but don’t let her upset you. My guess is that she’s off her meds.
That psych rotation in nursing school, no matter how many years ago it was (many, in my case
), serves us well! I hope the OP isn’t frightened of this woman - she is odd, but doesn’t sound dangerous - and prayers are certainly needed. It must be challenging to go through life a little out of step with the rest of the world.Well, not necessarily when it comes to the doors, and we aren’t so particular about it here in the US that we point it out to people and demand they use the right side only to exit. Nor do we say “In church you use the right side to exit” as if that’s some sort of rule for church-goers. In fact, I don’t think it’s something you would say to anyone in any circumstance…I have never heard someone say that, for instance, in a movie theater, or restaurant, or any public place I can think of…I’ve never heard someone say it, period. Unless you’re obsessive-compulsive, I don’t know that anyone would care what side you enter/exit on. Generally speaking we veer to the right, just as we drive on the right side of the road, but no one gets irate if you exit through the left side of a doorway and tells you “You exit church through the right door, not the left” as the OP posted.
Valke, thanks for stating that fact - and it is a fact. Restarants wouldn’t exist very long without this rule in place for all who enter/exit the kitchen. (Crash, bang.) Also it’s common custom when on sidewalks, esp in big cities across the country - although it does seem to go by the boards for many teenagers who simply choose to control sidewalks, five or six across. Back to the main point, yes it was very wacky for the “nun” to make an issue of this when exiting a church after Mass. (Some nuns go wacky too!)