Franciscan Whereas Keep Watch takes refuge in an overabundance
of images and metaphors to make up for unsubstantial content mired in unescapable vagueness, Sr Patricia takes refuge in the idea
of charism over consecration as the main aspect
of religious life: «While every Christian is called to make visible the characteristic features
of Jesus, Religious,
through a
vowed life
of poverty, chastity and obedience, do this in a specific way
through the charism
of their Institutes» (p. 28).