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AS047 Ask Sister – Trent and the Second Vatican Council, growing in understanding God, a devil for loving?, joining a religious community in another country
AS047 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on November 5, 2010. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: Trent and Second Vatican Council, growing in understanding God, a devil for loving, joining a religious community in another country and more!
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Here are some of the questions we addressed in this Ask Sister podcast:
- I’m a guy in love and want to go out with girl who wants to be a nun, does that mean like I’m the devil or something?
- Is it possible for someone discerning to be a nun to join a religious community in another country? How would this work?
- Could you describe the Council of Trent in a nutshell and how it affected the church?
- What do you think was the greatest positive impact that the Second Vatican Council had on the church?
- What do you know now about God that you wish you’d known in the beginning?
- What are somethings to consider before making a big life decision?
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“What do you know now about God that you wish you’d known in the beginning?”
I like this question!
There are many things I have found out about God but more questions stem from these. Therefore I can safely say I still know very little! In a moment of equilibrium I always say…..
“How great is our God?”
Know that I will never know until the day of Judgement! Praise God…
“I’m a guy in love and want to go out with girl who wants to be a nun, does that mean like I’m the devil or something?” Now THAT’S an original question!
When I was discerning, my vocation contact said to make sure I came in as a well-rounded person. She urged me to continue with my plans to go to college, get a job and date someone. Such sage advice! The cast of men God put into my life in college proved to me that God has a wild sense of humor! I *did* fall in love, thought, right before my final vows. I think it was God’s way of showing me that both the married and the religious lifestyles are attractive, and that my decision–either way–would definitely involve sacrifice. Because of these experiences, I professed my vows “for all my life” with my eyes wide open.
“What do you think was the greatest positive impact that the Second Vatican Council had on the church?”
I was 7 in 1963, so for me, changing the liturgy from Latin to the vernacular (English) was the most obvious change. Was this positive? Absolutely! I could finally understand all those responses I could only parrot when it was in Latin. Prayer became “talking and listening to God,” not rambling off someone else’s words. I *like* the Mass in the language of the people, and it pains me to hear people say, “Let’s go back to Latin.” No thanks. I’ll stick with “full, active, and conscious participation,” (from “The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM ” #14: Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious, and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy.”
Why, yes, I *am* a liturgist. Why do you ask?