Common questions about religious or consecrated life
I was thinking about how when a person tells family / friends about entering a monastery, he or she is often asked tons of questions.. And sometimes people might be reading this phorum who have questions. I thought what if we had like a little collection of typical questions people get and possible answers?
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My mother was a convert and contemplative life to her was an horrific choice and to her a running away from the reality of the world - a refusal to face and live in reality. I think the call and consequent attraction to contemplative life is a special Grace that not all receive, but then marriage too, or any other vocation, is a special Grace not all receive. And one might not understand the other, although not necessarily so. Ideally one can grasp the Theology of Grace and The Mystical Body