Virgin Ninja (2)

   
   "Virgin Ninja (2)"
   
   Joanna was at the Carmelite Monastery, saying the Holy Rosary; moreover, Friday was always a difficult day of meditation due to the Sorrowful Mysteries the Sacred Beads made you reflect upon, especially the Crowning with the Thorns, and how you mediated upon LOVE OF HUMILIATIONS; indeed, none was braver than Jesus Christ, His Heart--Source of ALL Consolation.  His Father, pure Spirit, the Source ITSELF, Christ having said:  "When you pray to My Father, pray in Spirit, for My Father is pure Spirit."  So, who's to question the pneumatic aspects of Christ?  Anyway, after the Rosary was finished, Sister Nelson and Joanna Blanc went outside into the heat of summer, enjoying the natural animism of it all.  

SISTER NELSON
Are you still fighting crime like Batman?

JOANNA
Yes.  But I'm not a millionaire.

SISTER NELSON
Fortunate.  Now, you actually have a chance of inheriting Heaven.

JOANNA
It's not easy being poor.

SISTER NELSON
Christ told Saint Peter it wasn't going to be easy.  God only gave Ten Commandments; next, you get to keep your geography, but Christ was harsher from a point of view, giving us more Commandments; then, His Mother gave the greatest Commandment:  "Do as My Son says."

JOANNA
Will sleaze ever fade into the vacuous black?

SISTER NELSON
There will come a time.  But for now, keep fighting the good fight, and persevere to the end.  For where your heart is, Christ said, so will your treasure be also.