vee Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='21 June 2010 - 12:40 AM' timestamp='1277098827' post='2132105'] Nunsense is currently on a three month live-in with a Carmelite community. And, Vee8 is showing some Carmelite tendencies, but since she's not wild about Therese I wonder about whether she wouldn't be happier with the Dominicans. [/quote] The thing with the Dominicans, or any other Order right now, is that if I wrote or talked to them and they asked me flat out " why do you want to be a Dominican?" I don't have an answer. When the Carmelites asked me why them (as they did several times, a different Sister each time) I had an answer. This sounds nuts but one time one of the nuns actually knew my answer before I could finish saying the sentence and trust me there is no way, other than by the Holy Spirit, that she could have known it. Her "why do you want to be a Carmelite?" Me "i don't want to actually, if it was up to me I'd rather spend the rest of my life..." She interrupts"... sitting on the beach drinking beer..". I was holding onto the grille wiith absolute shock on my face at that point because she knew my silly answer! I have another answer as well, which I also told them, but if they are that attuned to the Holy Spirit I'm sure they would have said I'd be better off with the Dominicans etc than what they really said which was come back soon.
Cherie Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='vee8' date='21 June 2010 - 05:01 PM' timestamp='1277154070' post='2132383'] Her "why do you want to be a Carmelite?" Me "i don't want to actually, if it was up to me I'd rather spend the rest of my life..." She interrupts"... sitting on the beach drinking beer..". I [/quote] Whoa, that actually happened!?!? Sounds like the Holy Spirit if ever I've heard of it! ... I guess the same answer could hold true for Dominicans, though ... don't you think?
melporcristo Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 +JMJT+ Carmelite?!? Hmmm ... like a Carmel Light Frappuccino from Starbucks???
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='melporcristo' date='21 June 2010 - 06:16 PM' timestamp='1277154967' post='2132390'] +JMJT+ Carmelite?!? Hmmm ... like a Carmel Light Frappuccino from Starbucks??? [/quote] Haha, too funny!!!
OnlySunshine Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='vee8' date='21 June 2010 - 04:41 PM' timestamp='1277152873' post='2132361'] Welcome to the Carmelite thread MM Would you like to join the calced or discalced? [/quote]
laetitia crucis Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='MaterMisericordiae' date='21 June 2010 - 07:16 PM' timestamp='1277162213' post='2132457'] [/quote] She's already calced and claimed by St. Dominic. Teehee.
OnlySunshine Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='laetitia crucis' date='21 June 2010 - 07:21 PM' timestamp='1277162514' post='2132460'] She's already calced and claimed by St. Dominic. Teehee. [/quote] I couldn't have said it better myself.
vee Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='laetitia crucis' date='21 June 2010 - 06:21 PM' timestamp='1277162514' post='2132460'] She's already calced and claimed by St. Dominic. Teehee. [/quote] Shoes are overrated [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wr40QTymJRc/Sqbshx4bLAI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/27Id5fCs0JA/s320/carmelites+communion.jpg[/img] The veil isn't as long as the Nashville Dominicans but it's still nice
vee Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) [quote name='CherieMadame' date='21 June 2010 - 04:07 PM' timestamp='1277154452' post='2132385'] Whoa, that actually happened!?!? Sounds like the Holy Spirit if ever I've heard of it! ... I guess the same answer could hold true for Dominicans, though ... don't you think? [/quote] The Spirit moves where it wills in all Orders... Ya it really happened and it wasn't the only time something similar to it did either. I spent a lot of time looking like this and miming attemtped running out the door! I should add that the conversations were very natural and very funny but they would say things that amazed me. Since it's from the Holy Spirit they probably had no idea the full impact their words were having on me, aside from my expression. Edited June 21, 2010 by vee8
Mary Veronica Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 [quote name='vee8' date='21 June 2010 - 06:11 PM' timestamp='1277152873' post='2132361'] Welcome to the Carmelite thread MM Would you like to join the calced or discalced? [/quote] wait, I think they're more than calced or discalced. I'm preparing to enter an eremitical carmelite order. so than would that be a "one-sole" LOL. calced, discalced, or one-soled. ahhh, nevermind. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for all of us who share in the spirit of the Order <3 and in the spirit of everything that you've influenced.
vee Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 [quote name='Mary Veronica' date='21 June 2010 - 09:36 PM' timestamp='1277174175' post='2132558'] wait, I think they're more than calced or discalced. I'm preparing to enter an eremitical carmelite order. so than would that be a "one-sole" LOL. calced, discalced, or one-soled. ahhh, nevermind. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for all of us who share in the spirit of the Order <3 and in the spirit of everything that you've influenced. [/quote] sorry I only thought of the two most obvious choices. If you don't mind posting it does your community have a website? That way MM can check them out too
Mary Veronica Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='vee8' date='22 June 2010 - 11:32 AM' timestamp='1277215357' post='2132733'] sorry I only thought of the two most obvious choices. If you don't mind posting it does your community have a website? That way MM can check them out too [/quote] sure! yes the community has a website [b][url="http://hermitsofourladyofmountcarmel.org/"]H.O.Carm[/url][/b]. when I first saw it, I was a bit impressed of how hermits might want to present themselves online. but then I got curious too, like all discerners, of other things. like how did they get online? (they don't go online, the diocese helped them) why did they take in pets? (someone left them at their front door when they were building the foundation. today, they no longer have the pets). why do the photos [i]actually[/i] look like their in a dusty desert in the middle of nowhere with no enclosure? (when I visited, I realized they don't have a digital camera. the place was lush green with many pink, white, blue perennial plants and bushes. the hermitages were bold and a beautiful hazlenut-brown. and they have gates and high-wooden planks lining up the enclosure. they also have tall thin trees to give lots of shade over the hermitages and break the strong winds, as they are set on a steep hill.). seeing that I've painted a picture of paradise, I must also add that being there for two-weeks inside a hermitage by myself with the Blessed Sacrament, was not always paradise interiorly. and during those trying times with Our Lord, I was exceedingly glad that His Creation around me provided a calming assurance of paradise lol (St. Clare and St. Francis, pray for us). wish I could share more, but I rather encourage that whoever may feel interested, go talk to them and see for themselves. Overall, I think it's worth to see the communities that we're discerning face to face. it was a blessing to be there, and I'm happy to go back for the 3 month trial (which is required before a formal entrance into postulancy).
vee Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='Mary Veronica' date='22 June 2010 - 11:49 PM' timestamp='1277268594' post='2133140'] sure! yes the community has a website [b][url="http://hermitsofourladyofmountcarmel.org/"]H.O.Carm[/url][/b]. when I first saw it, I was a bit impressed of how hermits might want to present themselves online. but then I got curious too, like all discerners, of other things. like how did they get online? (they don't go online, the diocese helped them) why did they take in pets? (someone left them at their front door when they were building the foundation. today, they no longer have the pets). why do the photos [i]actually[/i] look like their in a dusty desert in the middle of nowhere with no enclosure? (when I visited, I realized they don't have a digital camera. the place was lush green with many pink, white, blue perennial plants and bushes. the hermitages were bold and a beautiful hazlenut-brown. and they have gates and high-wooden planks lining up the enclosure. they also have tall thin trees to give lots of shade over the hermitages and break the strong winds, as they are set on a steep hill.). seeing that I've painted a picture of paradise, I must also add that being there for two-weeks inside a hermitage by myself with the Blessed Sacrament, was not always paradise interiorly. and during those trying times with Our Lord, I was exceedingly glad that His Creation around me provided a calming assurance of paradise lol (St. Clare and St. Francis, pray for us). wish I could share more, but I rather encourage that whoever may feel interested, go talk to them and see for themselves. Overall, I think it's worth to see the communities that we're discerning face to face. it was a blessing to be there, and I'm happy to go back for the 3 month trial (which is required before a formal entrance into postulancy). [/quote] Thanks for sharing and I completely agree about meeting face to face because letters and phone calls can only do so much but when you can sit down and really talk to them it makes a big difference. Im excited for you that you want to go back for the three month live in! Id like to do the same thing with the community Im looking at but its up to God. Have you asked them yet if you can? Ive hinted at it myself but havent flat out said "I want to come back for the live in" so far. I need to pray over it a bit more first.
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='Marie-Therese' date='23 June 2010 - 12:29 PM' timestamp='1277314142' post='2133263'] I am definitely a spiritual Carmelite. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img] [/quote] Really? With a screen name like Marie-Therese? That's surprising! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/shock.gif[/img] Not. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img]
Marie-Therese Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='23 June 2010 - 03:33 PM' timestamp='1277321602' post='2133294'] Really? With a screen name like Marie-Therese? That's surprising! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/shock.gif[/img] Not. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img] [/quote]
Mary Veronica Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='vee8' date='23 June 2010 - 11:39 AM' timestamp='1277302173' post='2133212'] Thanks for sharing and I completely agree about meeting face to face because letters and phone calls can only do so much but when you can sit down and really talk to them it makes a big difference. Im excited for you that you want to go back for the three month live in! Id like to do the same thing with the community Im looking at but its up to God. Have you asked them yet if you can? Ive hinted at it myself but havent flat out said "I want to come back for the live in" so far. I need to pray over it a bit more first. [/quote] yes, I did ask them, I'll be leaving August 15. The community you're looking at must be waiting I bet . well, I'll pray with you too, that it'll be up to God <3
melporcristo Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 +JMJT+ The Novena to OL of Mt. Carmel starts in a few weeks!! WHOO!!! Carmelite dance!
vee Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 [quote name='Mary Veronica' date='23 June 2010 - 04:03 PM' timestamp='1277327001' post='2133339'] yes, I did ask them, I'll be leaving August 15. The community you're looking at must be waiting I bet . well, I'll pray with you too, that it'll be up to God <3 [/quote] August 15?! What a great feast day to start your live in on! Waiting for me to ask? Maybe, maybe not. I've set myself an unofficial deadline to ask them on or before though... July 16
vee Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 [quote name='melporcristo' date='24 June 2010 - 01:08 AM' timestamp='1277359719' post='2133566'] +JMJT+ The Novena to OL of Mt. Carmel starts in a few weeks!! WHOO!!! Carmelite dance! [/quote]
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