Prayers, Please! May Be Signing Out Of Vocation Station...

[maximillion]

Excellent Cilla....prayers for you.

 

[Credo in Deum]

Saint Clare of Assisi, Pray for Us!

[PhuturePriest]

Being eighteen and having discerned since I was fourteen, I can tell you there's absolutely no reason to rush. Teens such as myself get really excited about things they're passionate about, and they demand to do what they feel called to faster than the speed of light. Now that I'm allegedly an adult, I see that all of that rushing was absolutely useless. There was no need to try and figure out my vocation then, and there's no need for you to, either. The beautiful thing about discernment is that we don't have to do anything; it's when we try to do things that we screw everything up. Let God do what He wants, sit back, and just do whatever he tells you.

 

When I was fifteen, all I wanted to do was go and join the Franciscan Brothers Minor. I was certain that's what God wanted me to do, and I wanted it to happen right then. When I finally got to visit them last month after three years, I could barely stand ten minutes with them. It was the wise man Dumbledore who once said "...the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them." After having finally experienced religious life, I can tell you it would drain the life out of me and make me incredibly miserable, when for three years I would have bet all the money in the world it would make me fulfilled. Just sit back, trust that God has a plan and he won't let you stray from it if you stay close to him, and all will be well in the end. There's no need to rush, and there's no need to stress over it.

Edited November 12, 2014 by FuturePacker

[AveMariaPurissima]

From everything I've heard, the PCC's in Barhamsville are a lovely community, and I've thought about visiting them myself.  Hope your time there is filled with many blessings! :)

[marigold]

Being eighteen and having discerned since I was fourteen, I can tell you there's absolutely no reason to rush. Teens such as myself get really excited about things they're passionate about, and they demand to do what they feel called to faster than the speed of light. Now that I'm allegedly an adult, I see that all of that rushing was absolutely useless. There was no need to try and figure out my vocation then, and there's no need for you to, either. The beautiful thing about discernment is that we don't have to do anything; it's when we try to do things that we screw everything up. Let God do what He wants, sit back, and just do whatever he tells you.

 

When I was fifteen, all I wanted to do was go and join the Franciscan Brothers Minor. I was certain that's what God wanted me to do, and I wanted it to happen right then. When I finally got to visit them last month after three years, I could barely stand ten minutes with them. It was the wise man Dumbledore who once said "...the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them." After having finally experienced religious life, I can tell you it would drain the life out of me and make me incredibly miserable, when for three years I would have bet all the money in the world it would make me fulfilled. Just sit back, trust that God has a plan and he won't let you stray from it if you stay close to him, and all will be well in the end. There's no need to rush, and there's no need to stress over it.

 

Ah, I remember those heady FFM days of yore! We couldn't shut you up if we tried. And we did try  :hehe:

 

[edited to correct the abbreviation...]

Edited November 13, 2014 by marigold

[PhuturePriest]

Ah, I remember those heady FFM days of yore! We couldn't shut you up if we tried. And we did try  :hehe:

 

[edited to correct the abbreviation...]

 

An an enthusiastic person. :P

[catholicamama]

Praying for you.  I believe the daughter of a friend of a friend is a Poor Clare in Barhamsville, but before she settled on that particular convent, she took awhile to discern.  She believed she had a vocation and visited many communities saying 'Jesus and i will be getting married and we're just looking for the right house'.  Perhaps that is how it is with you.  Maybe you do really have a calling to the religious life and Jesus is directing you to the right home to build your lives together.

 

[PhuturePriest]

An an enthusiastic person. :P

 

*I'm an*