becoming

I have no problem agreeing that external beauty is a gift from God, and that nuns are not all old, stunted and sad anymore. But I do not understand the purpose of showcasing your beauty by competing with others. What will you be thinking if you are Miss Sister 2008? That “I am the fairest of them all, and so I can share with beauty secrets with those less fortunate people in this world?”

Or how about “I look better than you, so I must be more loved by Jesus?”

If you are beautiful, you are beautiful regardless of any competition. A bunch of walking sticks on a runway competing, is nothing but just that —

A bunch of walking sticks on a runway competing.

And just why do people feel so obligated to clear the good name by telling others that nuns can actually be good-looking?

This, my friends, is the question of the day.

[Link | HT: Jenny]

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Update (08/26): The contest has been canceled.