So Very Confused!

[VeniteAdoremus]

[quote name='BarbaraTherese' post='1712620' date='Nov 28 2008, 08:12 AM']I think it may have been in "Spring Comes Barefoot" that Sister describes the elderly nun who happened to noticed that the very new postulant had forgotten to wipe off her lipstick after donning her postulant habit for the first time and this dear nun commented something like "Oh dear what is happening to religious life - now our postulants wear lipstick".[/quote]

Oh my. Does this mean I have to learn how to apply lipstick, or is this only for Poor Clares?

I second the recommendation. A Right to be Merry is a great book - should be on the required reading list for [i]everybody[/i], along with Mere Christianity.

[she_who_is_not]

In [i][/i]A Right to Be Merry[i][/i] Mother Mary Francis says something like,
"True humility is when you realize that there is no sin you could not commit." That has stayed with me ever since.

Edited November 30, 2008 by she_who_is_not

[BarbTherese]

[quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1712652' date='Nov 28 2008, 09:45 PM']Oh my. Does this mean I have to learn how to apply lipstick, or is this only for Poor Clares?

I second the recommendation. A Right to be Merry is a great book - should be on the required reading list for [i]everybody[/i], along with Mere Christianity.[/quote]


.....only for Poor Clares I think. Probably taking the Holy Father's instructions to religious orders to modernize a little too far perhaps?

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='Carmeliteheart726' timestamp='1227583792' post='1710190']
Wow, I am really confused right now! As most of you know, I have been discerning with the Carmelites for a few months now. I have visited one community (the Carmelites DCJ in St. Louis) and knew it was not a match. I was planning to visit the Brooklyn Carmelite nuns this coming year.

But, I went on a retreat this weekend. This was the second annual retreat that I've been on of this nature. The Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Renewal were there again this year. I remembered how much I was attracted to their charism at the beginning of my discernment. The convictions I have felt in my soul match their life and charism very much; I think more so than the Carmelites So I am confused about my discernment.

I wonder if I might have ignored the Holy Spirit telling me that I was not called to the Carmelites. I received an email from a Carmel Superior (not naming which) asking what attracted me so much to Carmel. I wrote back trying to express what it was that made me attracted to them. She wrote back and said that she was sorry, but she shared with novice mistress what I wrote and both of them agreed that I did not have a genuine vocation to Carmel and perhaps I should look elsewhere. I had not met this nun, so I did not believe her to be correct. Now I'm wondering if it was something I should have thought about further?

It's happened before where I found out that an order I was greatly interested in did not accept me, but then I found out that they were a renegade order and not in full communion with Rome. Could it have been the Holy Spirit the second time?? Could I be wrong about my Carmelite vocation?? I would like input on this! I am so confused!

The Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal are really what I feel I could live as. Their charism calls to me, and I think maybe I am a Franciscan?? There are some similarities between me and St. Francis, but I don't know if they are just superficial or a "God-incidence."

My middle name is Frances.
I love animals, and always have.
I am a musician, too, and the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Renewal are known for their great liturgical music.

I think maybe I am called to the CFRs. I was so inspired and captivated by Fr. Glenn Sudano's homilies during the retreat. I just really feel like I could live their life.
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Are you referring to the Florida Catholic YA retreat? Just curious

[TeresaBenedicta]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1285249276' post='2175452']
Are you referring to the Florida Catholic YA retreat? Just curious
[/quote]

Pssst. (Two year old thread. )

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1285249678' post='2175453']
Pssst. (Two year old thread. )
[/quote]

This is what happens when I lurk and dont pay attention.

[tnavarro61]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1285250017' post='2175456']
This is what happens when I lurk and dont pay attention.
[/quote]

maybe God wants something out of the revival of old threads. Where is Carmeliteheart726? Never saw her post again.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='tnavarro61' timestamp='1285250099' post='2175457']
maybe God wants something out of the revival of old threads. Where is Carmeliteheart726? Never saw her post again.
[/quote]

She was posting under the s/n, InHisLove726, but stopped posting completely on November 1st, 2009.

[Lilllabettt]

MM!!!!

Oh, girl, you are something else ...

[mariaassunta]

Watch the forum!

[regina_coeli]

[quote name='angelofmary' timestamp='1285272736' post='2175507']
Watch the forum!
[/quote]


I am so confused-- isn't MM the same person as the 726's???

[mariaassunta]

I said watch the forum, as in watch the thread here as its very old and well MM said this person has not signed in since 2009.

[Lilllabettt]

Okay people. Yes, MM and Carmelitegirl and InHisLove are the same person. For whatever reason, a fresh start, or just liking another name better, she got a new sn a couple times (Personally, I like the latest one best.) You know when you 'Know" something, and you have the urge to let clues slip about it? My guess is that is why MM posted on this thread. So congrats to those who figured it out. Okidokey. Fin.

[sistersintigo]

[quote name='Lilllabettt' timestamp='1285354865' post='2175721']
Okay people. Yes, MM and Carmelitegirl and InHisLove are the same person. For whatever reason, a fresh start, or just liking another name better, she got a new sn a couple times (Personally, I like the latest one best.) You know when you 'Know" something, and you have the urge to let clues slip about it? My guess is that is why MM posted on this thread. So congrats to those who figured it out. Okidokey. Fin.
[/quote]
So, I pull up MM's phatmass profile, since the above statement is completely news to me.
And her profile shows that "Mater Misericordiae" is a disabled account, and she has left a statement (click on the "about me" tab) that she is leaving phatmass and her phamily because it no longer feels good to be here, goodbye and all that. What the?

[Lilllabettt]

There are a lot of creepy people out there; stalkers etc., and MM didn't feel comfortable posting anymore.

Lets let this thread die now.

[mariaassunta]

Let us not question when a person leaves, but rather commend them to our Blessed Mother and pray for our fellow Phatmassers, past and present, each day.