be_thou_my_vision Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Hi everyone, Please keep me in your prayers. I am visiting the Religious Sisters of Mercy (www.rsmofalma.com) for 5 days. I am leaving in 3 days!! Please pray that I will be open to hear God's voice... a yes, a no, a not yet, a now, a never. I want to finish school before I try the religious life, but I don't know if that is God's will too. I am having a hard time surrendering that. Thank you, and I will pray for you all during our daily Holy Hour!!!!
AlterDominicus Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Prayers, immensely so hon! I'll storm heaven! God bless you! Amanda
stlmom Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Just relax and enjoy the company of this community. Observe, take a few notes, ask questions, but just enjoy learning a little more each time you visit a community.
Piamaria Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 I know you'll have a wonderful time. Ven Catherine McAulay is one of my favorite people in heaven. Lots of prayers from me.
magnificat Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 God bless your travels and may Mary help you open your heart wide to whatever Jesus is calling you to be!!
hoosieranna Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 (edited) Good luck. They seem pretty cool. They've done a good job of updating the habit. Edited March 7, 2007 by Nadezhda
SisterAli Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 I'm praying for you!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know how it goes!
Jennifer Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 I am sure that you will have a wonderful visit. My prayers are for you.
alicemary Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Just go with an open heart and mind. They look like such a together community. Be yourself, you ae pretty special ya know. Fill us in on the details please, when you get back. AliceMary
veritas99 Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 I will keep you in my prayers. I hope you have a wonderful visit. Just be open to whatever God has for you. i'd be interested to hear how your visit goes, my spiritual director just made a comment recently that I sh ould maybe look into them, so I'm a bit curious.
cmaD2006 Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I met them sort of in passing -- I went to Alma for my psych eval when I entered the 1st time around. They seemed like a solid, traditional group. -- Carmen
be_thou_my_vision Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 Okay!! This will be my last post before I leave! I have Office Hours right now for sorority stuff, then a meeting, then powderpuff practice (eeek!), then sleep, class tomorrow at 8am, then I'm off! I'm so excited! Keep my in your prayers for safe travel and an open heart! God Bless!
stlmom Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 Safe trip and favorable weather. Please post when you get back. I think you're the first PM'er to go visit them, and they do look like a wonderful community.
the lords sheep Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 How did it go? I'm excited to find out!!! :
stlmom Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I don't think she's back just yet. She left on the 9th .
be_thou_my_vision Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 Wow, so I'm back... Good story. So I get to the place and it's absolutlely wonderful. The sisters are beautiful and their living situtation is really unique... they all live in separate houses. Like what you and I live in. There is a postulant house, novice house, professed house, priest's house, and visitor's house. And they all have chapels in them, but their main chapel is down the road so the sisters and visiting priests walk down the road to the main chapel. I'm not going to write an hour by hour account of my trip, but they are wonderful group of sisters and I think all of you should go visit because they have such a beautiful love for Our Lord and the Religious Life. I was scheduled to stay until Tuesday, but I didn't. I was really toying with the idea of entering. And Sister Gilmary talked to me a lot about how I need to keep my discernment "moving." I know what the next step is. I do not need to visit more communities. ANYWAY, we were at prayer Monday morning, and it hit me-- I really wished I was in Mishawaka with the Franciscan sisters. I was tempted to leave halfway through meditation because I couldn't just sit there anymore. But I made it through Mass, and Sister Gilmary and I were walking to the visitor's house. I knew I had to tell her that I was not called there. So when there was a moment of silence, I said "I really don't think I'm called here. I think I'm called to the Franciscans." She said "Good." Over breakfast we talked, and she suggested that I call Sr. Lois (the Franciscan's vocation director) and I said okay. Sister Gilmary also said "you should stop by on your way home... or you could leave now and spend the rest of their time there." So I called Sister Lois and explained to her that I was up in Alma with the Sisters of Mercy, and I can't stop thinking about the Franciscans. I said my heart is in Mishawaka. I asked if I could come by Monday afternoon and talk with her. So I did. I left right then! With Sister Gilmary's hearty blessing, I pulled out of the driveway and drove to Mishawaka. I got lost on the way (like really lost) and somehow guessed and made random turns and ended up at the Franciscan's Motherhouse (my destination)... true story. After talking with Sister Lois, I asked to be accepted into their candidate program. I am currently applying to the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. This is the right thing. I knew it all along. I just had to accept it. By the grace of God, by the grace of God. Now I just have to tell my parents... I need LOTS of prayers because I will enter this year if it is God's will. I already signed a lease for a house starting in August 2007, but if someone (that is agreeable to my other roommates) needs a place to live, then that is one less obsticle that prevents me from entering... my parents want me to finish school, but I believe if it's God's will, they will turn their hearts. I just want to do what God wants me to do. I need prayers. Please. I told you is was a good story!
Piamaria Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 [quote name='be_thou_my_vision' post='1213187' date='Mar 13 2007, 03:40 PM']Wow, so I'm back... Good story. So I get to the place and it's absolutlely wonderful. The sisters are beautiful and their living situtation is really unique... they all live in separate houses. Like what you and I live in. There is a postulant house, novice house, professed house, priest's house, and visitor's house. And they all have chapels in them, but their main chapel is down the road so the sisters and visiting priests walk down the road to the main chapel. I'm not going to write an hour by hour account of my trip, but they are wonderful group of sisters and I think all of you should go visit because they have such a beautiful love for Our Lord and the Religious Life. I was scheduled to stay until Tuesday, but I didn't. I was really toying with the idea of entering. And Sister Gilmary talked to me a lot about how I need to keep my discernment "moving." I know what the next step is. I do not need to visit more communities. ANYWAY, we were at prayer Monday morning, and it hit me-- I really wished I was in Mishawaka with the Franciscan sisters. I was tempted to leave halfway through meditation because I couldn't just sit there anymore. But I made it through Mass, and Sister Gilmary and I were walking to the visitor's house. I knew I had to tell her that I was not called there. So when there was a moment of silence, I said "I really don't think I'm called here. I think I'm called to the Franciscans." She said "Good." Over breakfast we talked, and she suggested that I call Sr. Lois (the Franciscan's vocation director) and I said okay. Sister Gilmary also said "you should stop by on your way home... or you could leave now and spend the rest of their time there." So I called Sister Lois and explained to her that I was up in Alma with the Sisters of Mercy, and I can't stop thinking about the Franciscans. I said my heart is in Mishawaka. I asked if I could come by Monday afternoon and talk with her. So I did. I left right then! With Sister Gilmary's hearty blessing, I pulled out of the driveway and drove to Mishawaka. I got lost on the way (like really lost) and somehow guessed and made random turns and ended up at the Franciscan's Motherhouse (my destination)... true story. After talking with Sister Lois, I asked to be accepted into their candidate program. I am currently applying to the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. This is the right thing. I knew it all along. I just had to accept it. By the grace of God, by the grace of God. Now I just have to tell my parents... I need LOTS of prayers because I will enter this year if it is God's will. I already signed a lease for a house starting in August 2007, but if someone (that is agreeable to my other roommates) needs a place to live, then that is one less obsticle that prevents me from entering... my parents want me to finish school, but I believe if it's God's will, they will turn their hearts. I just want to do what God wants me to do. I need prayers. Please. I told you is was a good story! [/quote] A wonderful story. Prayers of course.
stlmom Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 God bless your generosity, and bless Sister Gilmary for her graciousness too, in encouraging you to go to Mishawaka. Keep us posted on your progress .
shortnun Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 What JOY the Lord brings into our hearts! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and every shall be, world without end. AMEN!
Jennifer Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 WONDERFUL NEWS........I am soooooooo happy for you .I will pray for youas you continue your discernment with the Franciscan Sisters.
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