Comments on: Is God calling me? http://anunslife.org/2010/01/04/is-god-calling-me/ Catholic Sisters and Nuns in Today's World Thu, 24 May 2012 22:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Julia http://anunslife.org/2010/01/04/is-god-calling-me/#comment-53616 Julia Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:45:46 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=4674#comment-53616 We in the chat room, at A Nuns Life, for daily prayer and podcasts, are very proud and happy for our friend Suze, who is beginning the discernment process with the IHM sisters. I have written a little verse to commemorate the event, loosely based on a well known childrens verse. Jesus and Suze sitting by a tree, P,R,A,Y,I,N,G. Jesus said," Suze, Come and See", Suze asked breathlessly, "Dear Lord!! Me?" Congratulations and God Bless you. We in the chat room, at A Nuns Life, for daily prayer and podcasts, are very proud and happy for our friend Suze, who is beginning the discernment process with the IHM sisters. I have written a little verse to commemorate the event, loosely based on a well known childrens verse.

Jesus and Suze sitting by a tree,
P,R,A,Y,I,N,G.
Jesus said,” Suze, Come and See”,
Suze asked breathlessly,
“Dear Lord!! Me?”

Congratulations and God Bless you.

]]> By: lilly-bet http://anunslife.org/2010/01/04/is-god-calling-me/#comment-52394 lilly-bet Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:59:20 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=4674#comment-52394 hey sr julie, you know i just thought, if we are so sure that we are called to be sisters, then why is it so hard to tell our loved ones. my own very anti catholic father would just say that im an idiot following an out dated path that isnt fair to women and why bother getting a university education just to become a sister. my catholic mother on the other hand, i have no idea how she would take it even though we talked about it even before i recieved a (scary as anything) call. could it be so hard to kinda make us think of why it is happening, make us think of all the reasons why we shouldnt do it, but why it means so much anyway, is that a part of the descernment process in a way... just throwing it out there... hey sr julie, you know i just thought, if we are so sure that we are called to be sisters, then why is it so hard to tell our loved ones. my own very anti catholic father would just say that im an idiot following an out dated path that isnt fair to women and why bother getting a university education just to become a sister.
my catholic mother on the other hand, i have no idea how she would take it even though we talked about it even before i recieved a (scary as anything) call.
could it be so hard to kinda make us think of why it is happening, make us think of all the reasons why we shouldnt do it, but why it means so much anyway, is that a part of the descernment process in a way… just throwing it out there…

]]> By: suze http://anunslife.org/2010/01/04/is-god-calling-me/#comment-52346 suze Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:09:15 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=4674#comment-52346 "My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have the desire in all that I am doing, I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone." by Thomas Merton from "Thoughts in Solitude" (a wonderful book by a great author). If I could have bolded text to highlight most of my feelings at this point, I would have begun with "But I believe the desire to please you does in fact please you..." and continue to the end. All else I have to say is Oh yes... “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have the desire in all that I am doing, I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.” by Thomas Merton from “Thoughts in Solitude” (a wonderful book by a great author).

If I could have bolded text to highlight most of my feelings at this point, I would have begun with “But I believe the desire to please you does in fact please you…” and continue to the end.

All else I have to say is Oh yes…

]]> By: Sarah http://anunslife.org/2010/01/04/is-god-calling-me/#comment-52336 Sarah Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:17:10 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=4674#comment-52336 Julie, I SO love and appreciate all that you are doing here to promote religious life [US!] in the 21st century - THANK YOU!! Blessings, Sarah ;] Julie,

I SO love and appreciate all that you are doing here to promote religious life [US!] in the 21st century – THANK YOU!!

Blessings,
Sarah ;]

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