passionheart Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 [quote name='srmarymichael' date='Oct 10 2005, 10:59 AM']I am soooo glad for you! Is God calling you now to the Religious Life? [right][snapback]752427[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I believe that God is calling me to Religious Life. I believe I had this call years ago but things didn’t work out with the orders I contacted. So I felt I didn’t have a vocation but try as I might this question never stayed buried. However, when I looked at orders, I was rejected and hurt. After the last rejection, which left me crying for a day, I said “No More. I looked at Secular Institutes, Third Orders and I was even part of Penitential Group which disbanded and since our diocese doesn’t allow Cons. Virgin, I thought God wanted me to live the single life and so I settled down to this vocation. However, at the Institute of Religious Life meeting in 2003, something happened. As I walked with the religious with their novices and postulants, I felt a stab of pain in my heart. I realized how much I wanted to live the life these people were living and I was always rejected. I started to cry and kept on crying during Mass. I decided I had to have this question settled once and for all. I am older now and so it is even harder but I know this truth. If I had entered religious life when I was younger, I would have left or they wouldn’t have allowed me to take my vows because I was a MESS!!!! God knew this even though I didn’t and it was in my thirties that I decided to do look at my pain. God’s hand was with those who help me and now I understand that to allow God in my heart and in my life didn’t mean punishment but love, healing and setting things in right order. I have come to know and experience God as ABBA and it is true He is a tender and most loving Father who desires the best for His children. Now, I can say after all these years I can love, serve and give myself to the Lord completely wherever and however He desires. I am no longer afraid. Cheers, DM P.S, If you would like to have some idea what I look like, I am the front cover of the IRL Religious Life Magazine that featured the Annual General Meeting. I am the good-looking black woman.
MC IMaGiNaZUN Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 [quote name='passionheart' date='Oct 10 2005, 10:25 AM']I believe that God is calling me to Religious Life. I believe I had this call years ago but things didn’t work out with the orders I contacted. So I felt I didn’t have a vocation but try as I might this question never stayed buried. However, when I looked at orders, I was rejected and hurt. After the last rejection, which left me crying for a day, I said “No More. ... God knew this even though I didn’t and it was in my thirties that I decided to do look at my pain. God’s hand was with those who help me and now I understand that to allow God in my heart and in my life didn’t mean punishment but love, healing and setting things in right order. I have come to know and experience God as ABBA and it is true He is a tender and most loving Father who desires the best for His children. Now, I can say after all these years I can love, serve and give myself to the Lord completely wherever and however He desires. I am no longer afraid. Cheers, DM P.S, If you would like to have some idea what I look like, I am the front cover of the IRL Religious Life Magazine that featured the Annual General Meeting. I am the good-looking black woman. [right][snapback]752591[/snapback][/right] [/quote] That is beautiful. God will always have his way. The order that i just joined, has allowed some older men older than forty, for various reasons. Because to them, their call from God, is more important than their age restrictions. So look around, i believe God will have something special for you. As for Theology of the Body... Consecrated Life has a call to love, and without love, virginity, and celibacy will be deadened deprevations. With Love, realizing God as the source of the purity, these gifts are fulfilling. When it was explained to me in terms of love, i began to see the call to celibacy in a romantic dimension. I really think, if young people presented their vocations in terms of romance, more young people would be open to the call. But still, so many people think of religious life in terms of a long list of don't, shouldn't, can't, and wouldn't rules that they read to themselves everymorning or something. SHALOM SHALOM PS Jesus Loves You
passionheart Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 [quote name='srmarymichael' date='Oct 10 2005, 11:03 AM']More quotes from Christopher West: The Holy Father says, [b]"Celibacy is the fulfillment of the nuptial meaning of the body ... because the ultimate meaning of the body is to make a gift of ourselves to God...and that is precisely what the celibate person is doing." "Celibacy is in no way, shape, or form a renunciation of sexuality. It is a living of it out in a different way. It is a bodily vocation. Angels cannot be celibate because they do not have bodies. Angels cannot be virgins because they do not have bodies. So it [Consecrated Life] is a bodily vocation to nuptial love."[/b] [right][snapback]752435[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Celibacy is a beautiful gift. It is too bad that it so misunderstood. I know I feel called to love in this way and what I love most about this call is the intimacy that can shared between friends regards of the gender. I feel free to love and people feel free to be open around me. Such a blessing. DM
passionheart Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 [quote name='MC IMaGiNaZUN' date='Oct 10 2005, 02:19 PM']That is beautiful. God will always have his way. The order that i just joined, has allowed some older men older than forty, for various reasons. Because to them, their call from God, is more important than their age restrictions. So look around, i believe God will have something special for you. [right][snapback]752726[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Thanks for words of encouragement. Please pray for me. By the way which order did you enter? DM
srmarymichael Posted October 23, 2005 Author Posted October 23, 2005 The quotes that I'm sharing with you are from the very first set of tapes that Christopher West made for distribution called, "Naked without Shame". This part is from Tape 4 and from Pope John Paul II's series of talks called, "Eschatological Man". Eschatological is about the end times, or when we will be reunited with our bodies and enjoying heaven. This part of the talk is not just for Religious, it's for everyone! Christopher West, at one point is talking about us being "divinized". He then says, "The mystery of marriage, the reality of the One Flesh Union gives us insight into what this divinization will be. Listen to this:" (here he quotes the pope), [b]"Penetration of what is essentially human by what is essentially divine will permeate us. We the Bride of Christ will be penetrated by Divinity and live in eternal consummate union." "We cannot understand the meaning of life unless we understand the one-flesh union."[/b]
srmarymichael Posted October 24, 2005 Author Posted October 24, 2005 Christopher West will be in Dallas Nov. 11-13th!!! There's a page that you can download to fill out if you want to go. I might go because I was going to be in town that weekend anyway!!! What a coinky dinky (coincidence). [url="http://www.udallas.edu/advancement/pr.cfm?NewsArticleID=1647"]University of Dallas Theology Department[/url]
Sixtina87 Posted October 24, 2005 Posted October 24, 2005 lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala........lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala.......... Hehe!!!!!! i dont know what to say, i jsut kida felt like posting or just being plain silly before I ahve to go to work and bore my self to death!!!!! grrr!!!!!!!!!!
srmarymichael Posted October 25, 2005 Author Posted October 25, 2005 [quote name='Sixtina87' date='Oct 24 2005, 12:31 PM']lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala........lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala.......... Hehe!!!!!! i dont know what to say, i jsut kida felt like posting or just being plain silly before I ahve to go to work and bore my self to death!!!!! grrr!!!!!!!!!! [right][snapback]769108[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Thanks for your insights!!! You guys are great!
Sixtina87 Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 [quote name='srmarymichael' date='Oct 25 2005, 10:13 AM']Thanks for your insights!!! You guys are great! [right][snapback]769837[/snapback][/right] [/quote] LOL!!!!!! Is the thanks to everyone [posting or for my wierd post there Sister, i noticed it was quoted!!!!!! Work is sooooo boring if you are by yourself!!!!!!!!!! But its fun when you are with others and even better when it is done for Christ!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT SISTER!?!?!?!?!?
ofpheritup Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 [quote name='Sixtina87' date='Oct 26 2005, 10:38 AM'] Work is sooooo boring if you are by yourself!!!!!!!!!! [right][snapback]771028[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I don't know what that is. I am not a boring person so consequently I have never been bored at work. I either find something to entertain myself or I pray or both. This falls in line with something I talked with my kids in school about.
Sixtina87 Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 Oh beleive me when it comes time for a boring moment, i usualyl find something interesting to do, but a few things i wouldnt do that i can enterain myself with jsut might get me fired!!!!!!!!1 I usually dance in the middle of the walk way if there is music, i talk tothe associates and so forth, but i have always wanted to grad a plastic bag, blow it up and play volleyball with it!!!!!!!!!!1 LOL!!!!! that just might get me introuble!!!!!!!!
srmarymichael Posted October 29, 2005 Author Posted October 29, 2005 [quote name='Sixtina87' date='Oct 26 2005, 11:38 AM']LOL!!!!!! Is the thanks to everyone [posting or for my wierd post there Sister, i noticed it was quoted!!!!!! Work is sooooo boring if you are by yourself!!!!!!!!!! But its fun when you are with others and even better when it is done for Christ!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT SISTER!?!?!?!?!? [right][snapback]771028[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Right! Do it all for Christ!
Sixtina87 Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 LOL Sister!!!!! Work feels pointless for me right now becuase I am doing it for myself that way i can do it for Christ later!!!!! But yesterday i left work to do work for Him. My church was being re-dedicated since it was renovated over the summer. The bihsopwas in town and a huge dinner was being put on after the 2 hr mass!!!!!!!!! I made it just in time for the last hour!!!!!!!!! It was interesting!!!!!!! I saw SisterS i havent seen for yrs, more like 4 yrs!!!!! i saw people who love me dearly and whom i'm freinds with!!!!!!! i went over to help serve dinner, i was mainly giving the people more cofee!!!!! i had more questions from the people than i had at work. I a few ladies aask me if i river dance, it must have been ym red hair, my skirt i was wearing, or the thinness of my body!!!!! What ever it is i had alot of quesitons on that subject!!!!!!!!! A few people got word that i left work to join them to work more again, but this time for free!!!!! I kinda laughed because i had to be in work at 8:45 am yesterday!!!!!!!! It was aweosme serving others, the people. the Sister and priests!!!! But i did it with a smile on my face!!!!!!!!!!! thats what i love the BEST!!!!!!!!!!
ofpheritup Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 [quote name='srmarymichael' date='Oct 29 2005, 01:25 PM']Right! Do it all for Christ! [right][snapback]773533[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I am still learning this one. I have a friend who does this without thinking, I admire him. When we have been out together people have come up and thanked him for things he has done for them. Stuff that I didn't know about. When I asked him, "Well why didn't you tell me ?" He said, "I didn't do it for me, I did it for Jesus. As long as only Jesus knows it counts." HIS HUMILITY BLOWS ME AWAY.
srmarymichael Posted November 9, 2005 Author Posted November 9, 2005 I found a great poem about the Theology of the Body, comparing the lives of Sisters (or Nuns) to a Married person (bride/mother). This is AWESOME! [url="http://www.cmswr.org/spiritual_reflections/Love%20Lives%20by%20Sacrifice.pdf"]Love Lives by Sacrifice![/url]
benedictaj Posted November 10, 2005 Posted November 10, 2005 [quote name='srmarymichael' date='Nov 10 2005, 02:43 AM']I found a great poem about the Theology of the Body, comparing the lives of Sisters (or Nuns) to a Married person (bride/mother). This is AWESOME! [url="http://www.cmswr.org/spiritual_reflections/Love%20Lives%20by%20Sacrifice.pdf"]Love Lives by Sacrifice![/url] [right][snapback]783620[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Yes! That is so gorgeous! Thank you Sister!
Dust's Sister Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 [quote name='srmarymichael' date='Oct 24 2005, 10:13 AM']Christopher West will be in Dallas Nov. 11-13th!!! There's a page that you can download to fill out if you want to go. I might go because I was going to be in town that weekend anyway!!! What a coinky dinky (coincidence). [url="http://www.udallas.edu/advancement/pr.cfm?NewsArticleID=1647"]University of Dallas Theology Department[/url] [right][snapback]769015[/snapback][/right] [/quote] OH MY GOSH I gotta tell my brother about this, I wanna goooo!!!!!
Dust's Sister Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 (edited) [quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 11 2005, 01:11 AM']the page didnt work for me [right][snapback]785527[/snapback][/right] [/quote] try clicking back on it again... and then go to welcome> and then Calendars> then you'll scroll down till you see the dates Nov 11-13th........ you can't register on there though I don't think, I'm just gonna call that number they gave and get more details... it's $30 at the door though....... it starts at 7pm Friday Night.... I'm gonna see if my mom will go Edited November 11, 2005 by Dust's Sister
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