tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post7237210082706033635..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Mawwiage, MawwiageAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-85917166891805854922009-02-12T20:31:00.000-06:002009-02-12T20:31:00.000-06:00Great book, re getting along with others in a conv...Great book, re getting along with others in a convent:<BR/><BR/>The Hidden Face by Ida Friedericke Gorres. Best book (besides her own) on St. Therese of Lisieux I've ever read. Stunning.Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-23175166983275887792009-02-12T05:29:00.000-06:002009-02-12T05:29:00.000-06:00Hi Adoro,Yes, this is something I'm thinking about...Hi Adoro,<BR/><BR/>Yes, this is something I'm thinking about now, amidst university study and not exactly being sure about my actual vocation (being apart from any job/career).<BR/>While you may have ruled our marriage, I think I have ruled out the religious life.<BR/>So, I'm praying that I'm either directed towards marriage, or I'm seriously considering being a member (for want of a better description) of Opus Dei and taking yearly vows but living in my own home.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with it, it feels very confusing at times and it's very tempting to just look to the heavens and say 'Oh, just leave me along why don't you? It's too hard!'<BR/><BR/>AliceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-62059735400002823262009-02-11T17:55:00.000-06:002009-02-11T17:55:00.000-06:00Maggie ~ thanks for your comment. Consecrated Virg...Maggie ~ thanks for your comment. Consecrated Virginity is also one of the options I've eliminated, although I did look into it. <BR/><BR/>What I didn't know about until recently was a Consecrated Sister Hermit, they DO wear habits (that may vary, however), and it might be something I eventually consider, especially considering that high debt would not prevent that particular Vocation.Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-64373313608463161632009-02-11T16:37:00.000-06:002009-02-11T16:37:00.000-06:00Vocational discernment can be so tricky- I'm curre...Vocational discernment can be so tricky- I'm currently struggingling with it- so I'm glad you're eliminated one of the options! <BR/><BR/>Have you considered consecrated virginity? It's not sisterhood, and CVs don't live in community or wear veils or call each other "sister" but they have a mystical marriage to Jesus in earth. There's an awesome blog written by a newly consecrated virgin that you might like- http://sponsa-christi.blogspot.com/Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398904417243102605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1747641269068238702009-02-11T14:57:00.000-06:002009-02-11T14:57:00.000-06:00I'm not sure about those ski lodges ... heard ...I'm not sure about those ski lodges ... heard broken arms & legs occur frequently. And sometimes, you may even get a glimpse of a full moon. ha haLillian Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649542879780055108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-70122492766213368252009-02-11T13:12:00.000-06:002009-02-11T13:12:00.000-06:00I feel your discernment process and your peace whe...I feel your discernment process and your peace when you discover. I went through this 4 years ago for 2 years. Praying daily. Asking "what?" One day outa nowhere, I heard (not a voice) say, "You don't have to wait for me to tell you. You decide and do it for love of Me." Wow, the peace. I knew immediately that God was just letting me use my free will completely to choose but to choose any which way out of love for Him." Phew...peace...felt so good.MemoriaDeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826704561653445661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1810239240396488022009-02-11T12:03:00.000-06:002009-02-11T12:03:00.000-06:00Yeah, that sounds like fun to me!Yeah, that sounds like fun to me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-4596239807001568302009-02-11T11:59:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:59:00.000-06:00cowgirl, huh?with skis strapped to yer back, maybe...cowgirl, huh?<BR/><BR/>with skis strapped to yer back, maybe?<BR/><BR/>and riding range in WY or ID or CO or some such at a ski lodge, roping in potential avalanche starters.<BR/><BR/>wow!<BR/><BR/>I want the screen rights to it.uncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-38392156367468013222009-02-11T11:20:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:20:00.000-06:00Wow, Brilliant! Adoro! This is the point exactly. ...Wow, Brilliant! Adoro! This is the point exactly. So few people get this.<BR/><BR/>If I believed, that I had been called to the priesthood (and by now I'd be called a missed vocation) then the idea of marriage would not have any spiritual fire under it, so to speak. <BR/><BR/>This is why I love to ask priests, and religious of all kinds, about their vocation stories. They have about them the qualities of the best romances. They are, after all, sharing with me, a love story. <BR/><BR/>A love story, where individuals respond with unrestricted love, adoration, and comittment, to God. <BR/><BR/>This vocation is extraordinary, whereas marriage is the ordinary road. Thus, it seems to me that although priests and religious remain very much human, there is always something extraordinary, something supernatural, about the call of God, and the response, there is a characteristic joy, an abundance of it. Nowhere do I look to that joy more, than in the case of my own dear St. Francis. There was a fire of Love burning in him hotter than any fire on earth or below it. There was nothing that could satisfy him but God alone. This same fire burned in St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and in many others.<BR/><BR/>As a person called to marriage, not priesthood or religious life, I believe that I can have that fire too, in my secular state. That is what I mean by my profession to the Secular Franciscan Order. <BR/><BR/>However, I think that for those who <BR/> can leave behind the secular life, for the religious life, there is a particular joy, and charism there, that should be affirmed, encouraged and promoted, without in any way taking away from marriage.<BR/><BR/>It is marriage which is the picture of the love of Christ for the Church, not the other way around. The love of Christ for the Church is eternal, human marriage is only until death do us part.<BR/><BR/>There is a particular type of response to God, made out of love not obligation, and which is the individual's response to God, although there is some role to be played by the community, or the Episcopate, there must also be an individual yes said to God, a yes like Mary's formed out of the very purest love of a handmaiden, for her Lord.<BR/><BR/>I love a good love story, and vocation stories are some of the best. My friend Sister Christina told me her vocation story, and she speaks of it the way a woman speaking about her husband would speak. Her love for God us overflowing, and her joy is evident to all. Vocations are the call of God, the ultimate lover of your soul.<BR/><BR/>WWarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053407632823479165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-45190158184035017552009-02-11T11:18:00.000-06:002009-02-11T11:18:00.000-06:00Theocoid ~ No, you were fine. It was actually refr...Theocoid ~ No, you were fine. It was actually refreshing to hear from someone who's not assuming I'm headed for the convent! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-85729272716803386572009-02-11T10:57:00.000-06:002009-02-11T10:57:00.000-06:00Actually, Adoro, it was none of my business and I ...Actually, Adoro, it was none of my business and I was out of line. I apologize for it.Deacon Bill Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484509700642430451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-71188611748883117902009-02-11T09:04:00.000-06:002009-02-11T09:04:00.000-06:00Sr. Mary ~ I thank GOD that He preserved me from e...Sr. Mary ~ I thank GOD that He preserved me from entering a sorority! (although my college didn't have sorority houses). <BR/><BR/>LM ~ I'm pretty sure I don't have a vocation to be a lady bus driver! lol! Cowgirl maybe, though.<BR/><BR/>Rae ~ That's exactly what is meant by that comment. Some people actually take it literally, however, and that's taking it too far. For example...a woman who is called to religious life is indeed a Bride of Christ and a spiritual Mother of the Church, but that doesn't mean she necessarily would have been a perfect wife and mother - those are different charisms. And if it's not one's Vocation...it's not one's Vocation. <BR/><BR/>Hard to explain...I know what I mean but I'm expressing it badly!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-61483759072100403792009-02-11T08:58:00.000-06:002009-02-11T08:58:00.000-06:00I've heard the "sisters are good mothers and wives...I've heard the "sisters are good mothers and wives". I've also heard it in a different context--<BR/><BR/>That they're the wives of Jesus and the mothers of the children of the Church.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you've heard that, but I just wanted to share.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628025930596550957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-66495765304546316092009-02-11T08:45:00.000-06:002009-02-11T08:45:00.000-06:00Okay - no vocation to 'sisterhood'; no voc...Okay - no vocation to 'sisterhood'; no vocation to 'motherhood' - <BR/><BR/>that's it - I guess you'll just have to be a lady bus driver like me. *grin*<BR/>(yes, story behind that comment)<BR/><BR/><BR/>In 4th grade, a friend's mom had a baby & my friend was telling me that her mom was in a lot of pain. Came home that night & asked my mom - she agreed but also stated that the joy of being a mom nullified any pain felt. Then, I asked if there was a lot of blood - she said some. Then my dad came home after giving blood that day. In those days, they cleansed almost the entire arm with iodine and put a huge bandage overtop with huge amounts of tape as well.<BR/><BR/>I announced to my family that night - I was not going to have children - I was going to be a lady bus driver.<BR/><BR/>So there you have it - the vocation of all vocations - a lady bus driver.<BR/><BR/>(thought you needed a laugh for the day)Lillian Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649542879780055108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-24087281382209993692009-02-11T08:14:00.000-06:002009-02-11T08:14:00.000-06:00You are so right on with your understanding of mar...You are so right on with your understanding of marriage and consecrated Chastity. "Mere mortals" can never rise to the spousal love of Christ. AT the same time, community life is a far cry from a single roommate or sorority... we all have a common rule, common purpose and common prayer. It makes a world of difference. Believe me: community life is a daily miracle ... grace in action!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com