Dmme New Postulants

[franciscanlady]

Praise the Lord

[url="http://sistersofmary.org/index.php"]My link[/url]

[she_who_is_not]

I think I know one of those girls! I need to ask around after mass today.

Edited August 29, 2010 by she_who_is_not

[Indwelling Trinity]

[quote name='she_who_is_not' timestamp='1283084422' post='2164894']
I think I know one of those girls! I need to ask around after mass today.
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Beautiful! Ad multo annos.

[vee]

The Dominication continues























Im kidding, I fully support their plans to rule the world

Edited August 29, 2010 by vee8

[Hilde]

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[Indwelling Trinity]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1283103125' post='2164983']
The Dominication continues

Sometimes it seems to me that God is now raising an army to prepare for troubled times ahead and that to me is a one reason so many new vocations and communties are springing up and being renewed. I think of Jesus' words to St Faustina and Our lady of Fatima. Maybe i am going a litel nuts but that is also the take of many I know.

And sooo...... the time for dominicans and franciscans.. Carmelite in the background etc.....























Im kidding, I fully support their plans to rule the world
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[DameAgnes]

A new postulant at Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery, too !

http://www.monialesop.org/

[vee]

[quote]Sometimes it seems to me that God is now raising an army to prepare for troubled times ahead and that to me is a one reason so many new vocations and communties are springing up and being renewed. I think of Jesus' words to St Faustina and Our lady of Fatima. Maybe i am going a litel nuts but that is also the take of many I know.[/quote]

Hmm I need to reread St Faustinas diary again. I never finished it the first time because it was just too much for me then, she being the first mystic Id tried to read. What I know from it though is part of what impels my Divine Mercy devotion. Marys army :shield:

[quote]And sooo...... the time for dominicans and franciscans.. Carmelite in the background etc.....[/quote]

I thought TofA said something about being the standard bearers so how does that fit with being in the background? :confused:

[Sarah147]

Can someone tell me who TofA is?

[Tridenteen]

[quote name='JoyfulLife' timestamp='1283134007' post='2165199']
Can someone tell me who TofA is?
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[b]T[/b]heresa [b]o[/b]f [b]A[/b]vila

[Sarah147]

LOL!! And all this time, when two people were talking of being stalked by her, I thought they meant a poster on the forum! lol

[Indwelling Trinity]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1283128183' post='2165159']
Hmm I need to reread St Faustinas diary again. I never finished it the first time because it was just too much for me then, she being the first mystic Id tried to read. What I know from it though is part of what impels my Divine Mercy devotion. Marys army :shield:



I thought TofA said something about being the standard bearers so how does that fit with being in the background? :confused:
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I am referring to those who teach and preach as opposed to those who offer a silent sacrifice of intercession and prayerful support of those who go out physically and fight the battle. The place of a Carmelite is that of a prophetic witness silently pointing the way to the kingdom like Our Father Elijah Hidden in Carith. We were always taught that the Carmelite is one who silently hangs on the other side of the cross with Christ offering herself with Him to the father for the salvation of souls. That is why in all our cells,the refectory etc... we have only crosses and not crucifixes as it is a reminder of our calling. Of course I am being superficial here as there is so much more to Carmelite spirituality.

[JTheresa]

I love the talk of this spiritual battle!! I've always thought that the active orders were the ones on the war front "physically" so to speak, because the war is more of a battle of good and evil, and for us is against sin, so it is physical and mental. The cloistered orders are the ones who seem to be more in the backround, but in many ways they are on the front lines more than the active orders because of thier prayers. The cloister is in a continuous mental war for souls. They also can be considered the reinforcements for the active orders, because their prayers help them tremendously. I would put the priests as medics; they are the ones who are most sought after by the enemy because they have the power to heal souls. If they wound the priest, then they also wound other souls. That's another big thing that I've noticed. When any of the "soldiers" in the army get wounded by sin, it always affects someone else. Most of the time they get wounded from it too, but we always have the healers, the priests, who not only heal but provide nurishment with the Bread of Life!

sorry, that was just my little speal for the day.

[krissylou]

[quote name='DameAgnes' timestamp='1283119632' post='2165095']
A new postulant at Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery, too !

[url="http://www.monialesop.org/"]http://www.monialesop.org/[/url]
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Hooray!

And I observe that she is forty years old.

[vee]

[quote name='Indwelling Trinity' timestamp='1283150988' post='2165318']
I am referring to those who teach and preach as opposed to those who offer a silent sacrifice of intercession and prayerful support of those who go out physically and fight the battle.[/quote]
These are many of the words I was thinking of but my pie filled brain was incapable of making a sentence out of

The place of a Carmelite is that of a prophetic witness silently pointing the way to the kingdom like Our Father Elijah Hidden in Carith. We were always taught that the Carmelite is one who silently hangs on the other side of the cross with Christ offering herself with Him to the father for the salvation of souls. That is why in all our cells,the refectory etc... we have only crosses and not crucifixes as it is a reminder of our calling. Of course I am being superficial here as there is so much more to Carmelite spirituality.

:ponders:


[quote name='JTheresa' timestamp='1283169431' post='2165328']
I love the talk of this spiritual battle!! I've always thought that the active orders were the ones on the war front "physically" so to speak, because the war is more of a battle of good and evil, and for us is against sin, so it is physical and mental. The cloistered orders are the ones who seem to be more in the backround, but in many ways they are on the front lines more than the active orders because of thier prayers. The cloister is in a continuous mental war for souls. They also can be considered the reinforcements for the active orders, because their prayers help them tremendously. I would put the priests as medics; they are the ones who are most sought after by the enemy because they have the power to heal souls. If they wound the priest, then they also wound other souls. That's another big thing that I've noticed. When any of the "soldiers" in the army get wounded by sin, it always affects someone else. Most of the time they get wounded from it too, but we always have the healers, the priests, who not only heal but provide nurishment with the Bread of Life!

sorry, that was just my little speal for the day.
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Great speal!

[vee]

[quote name='JoyfulLife' timestamp='1283134549' post='2165208']
LOL!! And all this time, when two people were talking of being stalked by her, I thought they meant a poster on the forum! lol
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hahahaha ooops! Ya we definitely meant the saint not a phatmasser

[Amor vincit omnia]

[quote name='JoyfulLife' timestamp='1283134549' post='2165208']
LOL!! And all this time, when two people were talking of being stalked by her, I thought they meant a poster on the forum! lol
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Can I just say that I giggled outloud at work and I got some funny stares while reading this lol yes TofA is Teresita of Avila and she stalks me and some other on here hahahah

[Caritas]

Bump-- they added the apsirants' vocation stories to their website [url="http://sistersofmary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=137"]My link[/url]

Edited September 1, 2010 by Caritas

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='Caritas' timestamp='1283377968' post='2166568']
Bump-- they added the apsirants' vocation stories to their website [url="http://sistersofmary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=137"]My link[/url]
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I love reading vocation stories!

[ksterling]

Most of those girls seem very young - many right out of high school. IMHO, I don't think communities should accept anyone under 21. Yes,I know, St. Therese was 15 but times were different - less opportunities for women, fewer distractions and tempations. Let's see how many make it to clothing. And one question - I know the college-age postulants in Nashville attned the sisters college, Aquinas, which is next to the motherhouse. Do the DSSME postulants attend college? If so, where? And that prompts another more general question. Do all postulants (DSMME and Nashvilee and any others you know of) also take college classes? what about peope like me who already have advanced degrees? I teach junior college accounting classes but I don't have education credits. Would I go to college for those? I wonder.


Kat

Edited September 2, 2010 by ksterling