Hi PhatFam,

Well its been a really long time since I have posted anything. I haven't been on here because I have am not discerning a religious vocation anymore, even though I have been reading everyones messages on here. Please know that I keep my PhatFam in my daily prayers!! Please keep me in your prayers I have been going through a hard time these past couple of months.

Always
Your Sister in Christ
Lee Nora

Hi Lee Nora,

I'm pretty new here, so I don't recognize your name, but I will definitely pray for you. May God give you His peace. Lisa

Hey, welcome back! Hey, you tried and if things didnn't work out, that is ok. God truly does work in mysterious ways. Stick around, why dont you. You have alot to offer our group here, so many young people discerning. They could use your experiences to grow on
My prayers for you!
Alicemary

Thank you Lisa for the reply...I love love your Avatar St. Teresa is my absolute favorite as well as St. John of the Cross!!

God bless and Good Night!

Lee

Hey Alice

How have you been I read that you visited South Jersey...how was your visit?
Thank you so much for your message it truly touched my heart!!

God Bless and Good Night
Lee

Hey Lee,
I would wholeheartedly agree with Alice. I remember reading many of the contributions you made here: they are grounded, honest and loving. If you have time (and desire) to post, I would love to continue reading your thoughts, and maybe be able to use your experience to help me in some of my choices. And anyway, whether you're discerning religious life or not, we're all discerning how to live as holier children of God (that's everyone's vocation, right?)
Know that you will be in my prayers. I hope that you know God's presence in this difficult time. And welcome back!

In Jesus and Mary,
Lauren

Lauren,

There are many reasons that I have decided to be so silent on phatmass. I have signed on a few times to see how everyone was doing, yes you are absolutely right that we are all discerning how to live as holier children of God but for me I feel like i am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I meet Him in the depths of my heart, thats our meeting place were we share our love for each other and I find my peace in Him as He wraps me in His arms tightly around me.




Thank you for your kinds words they truly stuck a cord in my heart, and believe me there is a reason why I came back on phatmass not sure why but thats up to Him to let me know...

Your Sisters in Christ
Lee

Lee, We all have to travel down some very steep roads, and how good to have others hands to hold on to during that journey. We have all joined in this little unusual group and find phamily.
Email me any time if you need to chat.
AliceM
The trip home was wonderful, tinged with sadness, which I will share another time. Had a wonderful coagulated milk steak and some philly pretzels, so all was well!

Hi everyone

So I decided to make a new profile on here. Please please do not send me messages or anything to my old one.
Thank you...

feel free to add me as a friend to your profile!!

God Bless
Lee

Dear Amor Vincit Omnia, a friendly welcome to you from me, a Phatmass newbie.
The following is a brief description of the life-changing experience of reading a certain book. You might consider the description a warning: if you don't want this experience, don't read the book.
"Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy" by Rumer Godden follows the tangled life-paths of three women -- all of whom serve prison sentences -- for the better part of their lives. The three of them have a shattering encounter years after prison, and only one of the three survives. Mrs. Godden obviously put a great deal of herself into these fictional accounts, particularly the one character who is an adult convert, baptized only as an adult in the Catholic faith.
She also used the novel to promote the real-life Dominicaines de Bethanie, a congregation of French sisters. And it is these women, and their mission in life, that stirred up my emotions. I literally had to put the book down in my lap, at one point, while I cried like a baby. Ever since that moment, religious life and discernment have hounded me. So... you have been warned.