Third Retreat Countdown Thread

[inperpetuity]

Third retreat? That's serious.

[Lil'Monster]

I know

[TheresaThoma]

Third time's the charm?

[Lil'Monster]

What charm?

[Pax_et bonum]

So who's going? Mon and I, anyone else?

[Clare~Therese]

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So who's going? Mon and I, anyone else?
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In November? I'm going! Woohoo!!

[Lil'Monster]

Me, Pax, Clare T, and Father's heart

[TheresaThoma]

Do the Sisters know the PMers are invading?

[Feankie]

I agree...the third time is the charm!!!! Perhaps we'll hear the subtle ruffle of papers over the internet

[DiscerningCatholic]

I'D BETTER HAVE LOTS OF MY PMers ON MY RETREAT IN MAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man, I really want to go to the November one...

Edited November 1, 2012 by DiscerningCatholic

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

Even if you go to a third DSMME retreat without feeling called to join that Community, that doesn't mean you don't have a vocation for religious life. It might mean that or it might mean that it's not the right time or the right Community.

I can think of a number of Phatmassers who have gone to DSMME or Nashville Dominican retreats, but then went on to join another Community. Or, not gone into religious life at all.

We'll all pray that God makes it clear to you exactly what he wants.

BTW--I personally don't believe that a person with a true vocation for religious life will "lose" their vocation if they don't act immediately. From reading the experiences of other Phatmassers, sometimes when a person starts discerning it is just too soon for them to act or it may be the wrong Community. From the posts I've read, if God wants you for religious life, he doesn't "let you go" that easily--He'll keep bugging you, so you don't need to worry if you don't feel it's right to decide immediately.

I'm also uncomfortable when I've heard people claim that if you have a vocation to religious life and don't act on it that means you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life. Personally, I think God works within our individual circumstances and there isn't "just one chance" to find a happy life following God's will.

However, I know other people see it differently. Exactly how God works is hard to understand sometimes (at least that's true for me).

Edited November 1, 2012 by IgnatiusofLoyola

[KnightofChrist]

You're gonna be a nun? But you said in the chat we should get married move on down to the Louisiana marshlands, raise gators for a living and eat swamp rat ever night. I AM HEARTBROKEN!!

But ssry I hope the best for you!!! God bless!!

[Feankie]

Swamp rat!!?? And what might those recipes look like!? I suppose you'd have to season them really, really well

[Lil'Monster]

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You're gonna be a nun? But you said in the chat we should get married move on down to the Louisiana marshlands, raise gators for a living and eat swamp rat ever night. I AM HEARTBROKEN!!

But ssry I hope the best for you!!! God bless!!
[/quote]

Are you talking to me?


We never had that convo about you and I getting married..........



But getting married would be nice though.....but he has to be the right person.......

[KnightofChrist]

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Are you talking to me?


We never had that convo about you and I getting married..........



But getting married would be nice though.....but he has to be the right person.......
[/quote]

I remember that chat clear as swamp mud and I have a phonographic memory.

[Lil'Monster]

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I remember that chat clear as swamp mud and I have a phonographic memory.
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I don't remember you proposing to me though....unless I was drunk on Coke...

[TheresaThoma]

You two are funny!

[Lil'Monster]

I have no idea why

[AnneLine]

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[KnightofChrist]

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I don't remember you proposing to me though....unless I was drunk on Coke...
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It was your idea... ugh with the womens... being fizzed up on Coca-Cola can make people say wild and crazy things.

Which reminds me of something completely different. I have a crazy lil niece who likes to get jacked up on candy and spins and spins around till she gets dizzy. Then starts yelling "I'm getting busy! I getting busy! Halp! Save me!" It's pretty dang funny.

Sorry for breaking your thread. Nuns are super awwesome.

Edited November 2, 2012 by KnightofChrist