Year of Faith - Reflections of a woman religious during Advent

?Are you a nun?? someone will often ask me at the grocery store. ?Yes!? I?ll reply. The conversation usually continues with a reminiscing of this person?s days in Catholic school when he or she was taught by nuns, or a remark of surprise that nuns still exist (especially young ones!). I am often surprised myself by the excitement that I see in the eyes of people I meet. What is it about this encounter with a nun that causes these reactions? 

Let?s take a look at faith for a minute. By now you have probably realized that the ?Year of Faith? called for by our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, is well underway. Faith consists of a real encounter