The Countdown Thread

[JTheresa]

One.

It is officially Saturday and this will me my last post for a while on PM. I leave with my family later on today and the official entrance ceremony is tomorrow. Sooner or later you'll be able to see pictures [url="http://www.ssfpa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=95"]here[/url]. I'll be the dorky one who isnt quite sure what they are doing lol.

Im sorry I cant me on teenychat but Im spending time with my family. Hopefully I'll be back on for Christmas and on again in three years!!

I love you all and will miss you bunches!!!

Lots of Love and Prayers!!

Your Sister in Christ,
Jessica

Edited September 4, 2010 by JTheresa

[Nihil Obstat]

Glad I got to talk to you last night before you're gone! I'll be praying for you and for your vocation for as long as I can remember, which hopefully will be forever!
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[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='JTheresa' timestamp='1283575312' post='2167690']
One.

It is officially Saturday and this will me my last post for a while on PM. I leave with my family later on today and the official entrance ceremony is tomorrow. Sooner or later you'll be able to see pictures [url="http://www.ssfpa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=95"]here[/url]. I'll be the dorky one who isnt quite sure what they are doing lol.

Im sorry I cant me on teenychat but Im spending time with my family. Hopefully I'll be back on for Christmas and on again in three years!!

I love you all and will miss you bunches!!!

Lots of Love and Prayers!!

Your Sister in Christ,
Jessica
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We'll keep a lookout for you on Christmas!

[SponsaChristi]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1283579438' post='2167696']
We'll keep a lookout for you on Christmas!
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You´ll be in my prayers - of course you will BE in my prayers!!!!

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='morostheos' timestamp='1282874897' post='2163877']
I am going to have to start posting here as soon as I get a date pinned down - although it will probably be less than a month from now!

I will still be on the internet, since I'm just starting prepostulancy, but it's still slightly terrifying but also very exciting!
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Morostheos, which order will you be entering? - Never mind I figured it out (edited to nullify my question)

Edited September 6, 2010 by HopefulBride

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' timestamp='1283428538' post='2166866']
There is a lovely Sister at my former Catherdral that is a novice in this order. Congratulations, N4!!!
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Are these sisters in communion with Rome? It seems to me that they are open to Roman Catholics, Anglican and Eastern. Is that the case?

[krissylou]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1283784942' post='2168767']
Are these sisters in communion with Rome? It seems to me that they are open to Roman Catholics, Anglican and Eastern. Is that the case?
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Yes, and they got all the i's dotted and the t's crossed with the Vatican (and Canterbury) to do it this way.

They're unusual, but legit.

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='krissylou' timestamp='1283804936' post='2168905']
Yes, and they got all the i's dotted and the t's crossed with the Vatican (and Canterbury) to do it this way.

They're unusual, but legit.
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Thanks for the answer! wow, lovely community.

[laetitia crucis]

31 days! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!




Exactly ONE month. *gulp*

[TeresaBenedicta]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' timestamp='1283824843' post='2169007']
31 days! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!




Exactly ONE month. *gulp*
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*gulp* is right!!!!

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

LC I'm soooo pumped for you!!!

Still waiting for your book to get in so I can send it to you.

[NovemberFourth]

Four days until I leave, six until I enter... Eek!

N4

[Nunsense]

Tick tick tick......

[morostheos]

Yikes! 9 days! I'm down to the final countdown!

[laetitia crucis]

28 days.

Feeling both and

And yes, still this: [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/smokey.gif[/img] Just chillaxin'.

[morostheos]

One week!

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='morostheos' timestamp='1284135601' post='2171406']
One week!
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Par-taaaaay!

So...are you going to have a "I'm Entering the Convent" party?

[morostheos]

No, since I'm just entering pre-postulancy. If I continue on to postulancy, I might do that, although I don't really have many friends that live in one location, they're kind of spread all over the country!

[Nunsense]

I am feeling 'coutdown envy' because I don't have an answer to my application yet or a date to countdown :sad:

It's funny that when I was in the convent, in the last few weeks, I was counting down the days until I could come back to visit my sister again, but once I am outside the convent, I always want to count down the days until i am back inside again!

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='nunsense' timestamp='1284164687' post='2171599']
I am feeling 'coutdown envy' because I don't have an answer to my application yet or a date to countdown :sad:

It's funny that when I was in the convent, in the last few weeks, I was counting down the days until I could come back to visit my sister again, but once I am outside the convent, I always want to count down the days until i am back inside again!
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Kind of like the old saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side."

I'm praying that you get accepted soon, if it's God's will of course, and that you will have a date. During my discernment, I always wondered when it would happen for me, so I know kind of what you are going through. And it can't be easy when you have the desire to be in the cloister and God wants you out in the world a bit longer. We must trust that He knows the good for our soul.

[Nunsense]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1284165075' post='2171602']
Kind of like the old saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side."

I'm praying that you get accepted soon, if it's God's will of course, and that you will have a date. During my discernment, I always wondered when it would happen for me, so I know kind of what you are going through. And it can't be easy when you have the desire to be in the cloister and God wants you out in the world a bit longer. We must trust that He knows the good for our soul.
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Oh, I am fully resigned to His will, whatever it is. I am also just a very impatient sort of person and like to 'know' things immediately because then I feel I can 'get on with my life'. I am a spoiled brat in many ways and God is always trying to teach me patience.

My sister gave me a little sign once that read, "God grant me patience, but hurry."

As for the 'grass is greener' scenario - that is typical of me too. I think it is part of not 'being here now' or living in the present moment with Jesus. He is so good to me though. I just wanted to run home to my sister so I could tell her all about my time in the convent. Once that was done however, I just wanted to run back there. If He decides that He has other plans for me, that's okay because I think I am learning to trust Him! Wow!