Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 Order of the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary, but they're not exactly a spirituality of their own. I asked them is they follow a rule and they told me that they didn't, other than their constitutions, church teachings, and the Gospels. However, they said that they gleaned from the St. Teresa and the Carmelites, Benedictines, and Capuchin Franciscans.
Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/wacko.gif I'm very influenced by the spirituality of St. Therese and other Carmelites, and I really love Carmelite spirituality. I also think Franciscan simplicity and poverty is beautiful, and I love the Dominican emphasis on preaching the Truth, and their emphasis on the EUcharist. What does that make me? http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/think_chin.gif Check out my post (above) :)http://Heartsofjesusandmary.com/
Catherine Therese Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) I am undeniably Dominican in the way I participate in relationship with the Lord. Having said that, I always get a thrill out of encountering different expressions of the universality of the Church. Two weeks ago I went on retreat at a Shrine to Our Lady of Mt. Schoenstatt and learned about their Patro-centric, Marian expression of the Faith. It struck me as very beautiful and whilst it and I are not that perfect fit, there are many aspects of it that really did resonate for me on a very deep level. Has anyone else here ever encountered this Secular Institute? Edited October 20, 2013 by Catherine Therese
Kayte Postle Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 I thought I was Franciscan, but recently I've been growing to find I identify more with the Carmelite spirituality. :) Although I have heard that the two spiritualities are very close, and many discerners have a hard time deciding between the two.
OnlySunshine Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 When I first voted on this, I voted as Carmelite but I think I am more of a Franciscan. I still like Carmelite spirituality, though. One of these days, I'm going to go to Third Order meetings when I'm not busy with school. :)
Gabriela Posted October 21, 2013 Posted October 21, 2013 What's with all the Lazarus threads around here lately?
TheresaThoma Posted October 21, 2013 Posted October 21, 2013 I think these types of threads are kind of good/fun to bring back. It is interesting to see how people have grown and changed. (Also there doesn't seem to be much point in making a whole new thread to just clutter up the boards.)
Fr. Antony Maria OSB Posted October 21, 2013 Posted October 21, 2013 Benedictine/Early Church Fathers (so pretty much monastic, lol)
Spem in alium Posted October 23, 2013 Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Benedictine & Augustinian, with a bit of Ignatian spirituality thrown in. :) Edited October 23, 2013 by Spem in alium
BarbTherese Posted October 24, 2013 Posted October 24, 2013 I've been told it's Carmelite, although I think it is more "Bitsa" - bitsa this and bitsa that. :)
TheresaThoma Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Barbara I'm right there with you in the "bitsa" spirituality. I definitely have a strong ignatian influence in my spirituality (I find it very practical when dealing with spiritual matters) however I do also love the Dominicans. I got a love of chanting the psalms from them. Both of them influenced my love for study. I don't do the whole hermit thing very well so I don't think there is much if any Carmelite in there.
BarbTherese Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 :) I was educated by Dominicans and have a great fondness for them and through them acquired my lasting love of The Church, theology and Scripture. I have had a close association with Carmel since I was 16yrs old (now almost 68yrs). Certainly, Therese of Lisieux and her thought have had a lasting and consistent influence on me which tends to grow if anything. I have consulted Jesuits at times for one reason or another and my previous director was very much 'into' St Ignatius and the Jesuits. I really do suspect that I am more of a 'bitsa' than being able to pinpoint one particular spirituality by which I could claim to be marked.
PatTheNun Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 I identify with the Jesuit spirituality more than any other ...
cmaD2006 Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 I identify with the Jesuit spirituality more than any other ... :) Ah a woman after my own heart :) I am very Ignatian in my spirituality. Welcome to phatmass Sister :)
An Historian Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 De Montfortian from my Total Consecration to Mary, but mostly Faberite from my readings of Father Faber. I'd also include Teresian as I work to include Carmelite prayer in my life. And of course broadly Benedictine from my understanding and love of the Sacred Liturgy. Solesmes, of course. ;)
Anastasia13 Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 I took a quiz and got benedictine, though my heart will always be fond of oriental Christian spirituality.
OnlySunshine Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 I just took a spirituality quiz and registered 100% Jesuit and 93% Franciscan. I laughed because Pope Francis is a Jesuit and I love Pope Francis. :hehe2:
ToJesusMyHeart Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 I just took a spirituality quiz and registered 100% Jesuit and 93% Franciscan. I laughed because Pope Francis is a Jesuit and I love Pope Francis. :hehe2: Can you share the link to the quiz?
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