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By Sister Julie | November 10, 2007
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By Sister Julie | November 10, 2007
See my November 10, 2006 post ![]()
Topics: IHM, saints and holy people |
Sister Julie's blog about being a Catholic nun
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"Do not think I am sitting here to pass the time away telling you that religious life is poetry. It is the roughest kind of prose."
Justina Reilly, IHM (b. 1848)
See my series of posts on discerning religious life and formation:
Here are some other vocation resources that can help you as you discern religious life or any important life decision.
Contact a real, live Vocation Director!
Vision Vocation Network
LifeChoices Discernment Program
Catholics On Call
National Coalition for Church Vocations
Catholic Nuns Today
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Give me, if you will, prayer;
— Saint Teresa of Avila, "What Do You Want of Me?" in Collected Works, Vol. 3
Or let me know dryness,
An abundance of devotion,
Or if not, then barrenness.
In you alone, Sovereign Majesty,
I find my peace,
What do you want of me?
… Yours I am, for You I was born:
What do you want of me?