:o)Katherine:o) Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Vee...I logged in thinking of you! So excited and happy for you! My prayers are with you as you prepare for entrance!
dominicansoul Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 8 hours ago, vee said: Well this is interesting. Before entering Id been hoping to have a little vacation, do a little sightseeing and just relax and have fun with whichever family and ds could come along. It turns out itll jsut be DS!!! Its rather appropriate though because she's been with me on this journey this whole time and we have had many adventures together. She isnt genetically related to me but is just as much sister and in some ways even more so than my biological sister because we have spiritual things in common like our faith. This is gonna be the best trip ever, time to plan in detail our havoc wreaking! It just seems so right that it winds up being this way! I'm so excited! 7 hours ago, vee said: BTW the nuns have been warned. I even mentioned DS' promise to stuff me in the turn if I suddenly get cold feet and the prioress laughed and said "good for her!" She's probably hoping to see this happen in real life... lol
vee Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 I'm finding it very difficult to complete my last few shifts at work I'm doing it but I've been very tempted to just not show up. At the same time one of my siblings is really upset at me although I'm not exactly sure why. I've decided to offer up working my few remaining shifts for this person so hopefully they get some graces from that because ai yi yi!!
Sister Leticia Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 You need to work your final shifts and work them with all your heart. I don't know what work you do, but whatever it is, if you don't show up your colleagues will have to pick up the slack. And if that happens, apart from not being nice for them, year later they'll remember you as "that girl who just disappeared [leaving us with extra work to do] and went off to join a convent..." Even if you haven't told them yourself about entering, they might hear it from someone else - and you might be the only person they know who is deeply religious and/or has entered religious life. And that's the impression they'll have of people who enter religious life.
Pax17 Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Sister Leticia has raised some good points. Also, working your final shifts with intent will give you closure...you'll feel good knowing you did your best until the end and can look forward to entering the monastery without regrets regarding work. It was difficult for me to work my final four weeks before I retired, but I worked hard until 4 p.m. on my last day. It took 90 minutes to clear out my office, and then I left knowing I'd done everything I could, ready to transition to the next part of my life.
BarbTherese Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Vee, I know it must be hard indeed humanly to have to finish your shifts out in the world in the workforce before entering and entering is where your whole heart is focused. Nowhere have you stated you will actually take up what is only a temptation to you to not to finish your shifts and that is worth admiration for sure including that you share that temptation with us. Good advice has already been given and on more practical types of levels perhaps - and who am I to speak! However, rest assured that at this particular point in time, God's Will for you is to finish those shifts and justice and thoughtfulness, unselfishness, towards your employer and fellow employees. When this last very trying part of your journey in the world is complete and as Pax17 pointed out, you will be able to enter knowing you have followed God's Will all the way to the full stop as it were and your whole life then transitions and God's Will for you with it - and that you have followed His Will even when it was terribly difficult to do so. My suspicion is you have already considered all the above! Joining you in prayer for your intention re your sibling. I will be looking forward hopefully to either hearing from you or about you as your journey in religious life unfolds.
vee Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 Thank you to those who responded, all with excellent points. Points that are all much better reasons to stay the course and work the last few shifts than the poor excuses Id been thinking of to not go! Working properly until the end will leave a good impression with coworkers, as well as family members. I know by comments from my siblings that they are already expecting a certain standard from me. It will also be nice to have that sense of pride and accomplishment that I did my job properly right til the end.
Chiquitunga Posted June 9, 2016 Posted June 9, 2016 On Wednesday, June 01, 2016 at 10:17 PM, vee said: Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents I got the call this morning, they voted yes, Ive been officially accepted into the postulancy and can enter July 16th God willing Whoa soo amesome!!!! (Love all the hidden contents here btw, so Carmelite! ) Seriously vee! whoa!! I'm so happy for you!! You've had to wait to reeaally long time, and I know how that is! man! lol God reward you for persevering! Praised be Jesus Christ!
vee Posted June 9, 2016 Author Posted June 9, 2016 4 hours ago, Chiquitunga said: Whoa soo amesome!!!! (Love all the hidden contents here btw, so Carmelite! ) Seriously vee! whoa!! I'm so happy for you!! You've had to wait to reeaally long time, and I know how that is! man! lol God reward you for persevering! Praised be Jesus Christ! Thanks! Ya the hidden contents is very Interior Castle-y, or something Its funny because you wait wait wait and deal with so much for years then BAM! I had to make an appointment today for next week and when the lady on the phone said the time and date of Thursday June 16th on the inside i was like OHMYGOSH ITSAMONTHAWAY!!!!
HopefulBride Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 On June 1, 2016 at 8:17 PM, vee said: Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents Hide contents I got the call this morning, they voted yes, Ive been officially accepted into the postulancy and can enter July 16th God willing Did you really put me through all that? CONGRATULAYIONS!!!! I had given up on this thread and was just gonna call up them nunz.
TheresaThoma Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Congratulations Vee!!!! (I just got back from a week long retreat so I'm getting caught up) I'm so excited for you and I will definitely miss you. I guess it is time for DS' and your antics to move to VS lore.
dominicansoul Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 9 hours ago, TheresaThoma said: Congratulations Vee!!!! (I just got back from a week long retreat so I'm getting caught up) I'm so excited for you and I will definitely miss you. I guess it is time for DS' and your antics to move to VS lore. It's too bad our lame board thread was eliminated! I would love to read that again! Hope you had a great retreat!!
vee Posted June 13, 2016 Author Posted June 13, 2016 On 6/12/2016 at 1:09 AM, HopefulBride said: Did you really put me through all that? CONGRATULAYIONS!!!! I had given up on this thread and was just gonna call up them nunz. I sure did lol! I wouldve hid it more but I was getting lazy 22 hours ago, TheresaThoma said: Congratulations Vee!!!! (I just got back from a week long retreat so I'm getting caught up) I'm so excited for you and I will definitely miss you. I guess it is time for DS' and your antics to move to VS lore. Oooh a week long retreat, hope it was a blessing! 13 hours ago, dominicansoul said: It's too bad our lame board thread was eliminated! I would love to read that again! We were too lame for the lame board
TheresaThoma Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 11 hours ago, vee said: Oooh a week long retreat, hope it was a blessing! It was an amazing blessing! We were camping and kayaking so no fresh fruits or veggies for a week!
vee Posted June 14, 2016 Author Posted June 14, 2016 12 hours ago, TheresaThoma said: It was an amazing blessing! We were camping and kayaking so no fresh fruits or veggies for a week! The first part sounds fun the second not so much. There is a scurvy joke in there somewhere but my coffee absorption is not complete enough to make it. Speaking of paddling I have plans to throw ds in a canoe for a couple of hours. Dont panic ds I didnt say throw u out of the canoe i said throw you in it! Just sit up front, try to paddle a bit, and enjoy the view. You can sing Voyageur songs if you want.
dominicansoul Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 When I was in the convent, Mother knew I couldn't stand being in a canoe cos I dont' know how to swim and I had a fear of it turning over. (Not to mention the habit gets weighed down with water, I would've sunk to the bottom.) Even when she assigned two sisters to a canoe, she knew to put me in a canoe with two others so I would feel "safe." She was such a beautiful Mother to me... So, I don't know about this...we'll need to put someone else in there too... maybe a bear or a moose?
vee Posted June 15, 2016 Author Posted June 15, 2016 13 hours ago, dominicansoul said: So, I don't know about this...we'll need to put someone else in there too... maybe a bear or a moose? You get St Therese. I am officially done my job. I worked all my scheduled shifts and did my duty as I should right til the end. I am proud of myself for that as it wasnt easy but oddly enough it hasnt really sunk in that Im really done there. There is still this lingering feeling that I have to go to work tomorrow and thoughts of what I would be doing at work. This is coupled by the thoughts of oh ya I dont have to be there or do that anymore, that I have to get ready for Carmelite boot camp! Im so excited to finally get to try, to be tested and to give my all at it.
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