Called by God (online video)

[Truth_Is_Good]

There was another video-clip uploaded to YouTube.com which describes the founding and work of the Missionaries of the Poor. If I’m not mistaken, it’s a short clip from EWTN’s hour-long documentary of the MOP community. Really powerful stuff! And relevant watching, I think, for anyone who is discerning whether God is calling him/her to the religious life, or even perhaps whether Our Lord is giving him/her a “call within a call,” like what happened to Blessed Mother Teresa, and also apparently to Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder of the MOP and before that a Jesuit priest and professor.

Called By God

Have any of the readers here experienced something similar? Are you willing to share it with us?

 

[Truth_Is_Good]

"Truth_Is_Good:

There is a short online video which gives a look at the faith and work of the Missionaries of the Poor, a Catholic community of religious brothers which was founded in 1981 by Fr. Richard Ho Lung and is headquartered in Jamaica. I found it rather inspiring:

Unto The Least

Let’s keep them in our prayers. And it looks like they need some young American, Canadian, and European men to join! If they can hack it!

There was another video-clip uploaded to YouTube.com which describes the founding and work of the Missionaries of the Poor. If I’m not mistaken, it’s a short clip from EWTN’s hour-long documentary of the MOP community. Really powerful stuff! ***And relevant watching, I think, for anyone who is discerning whether God is calling him/her to the religious life, or even perhaps whether Our Lord is giving him/her a “call within a call,”***like what happened to Blessed Mother Teresa, and also apparently to Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder of the MOP and before that a Jesuit priest and professor.

Called By God

Have any of the readers here experienced something similar? Are you willing to share it with us?

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[whosebob]

JMJ + OBT​

I want to thank Truth_Is_Good for posting the links to those videos, and I want to thank all of my friends in these forums for their prayers and encouragement.

Some of you may know that back in 2005 I spent three months living, working, and praying with the M.O.P. Brothers at the their headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica. When I came home I had some fears and doubts, but by Jan. '06 I made up my mind, in the context of prayer, to definitively pursue a vocation with this wonderful community.

Well, it took well over a year, but my “ducks” are all “in a row” now, and as of tomorrow evening I’ll be flying out of my hometown in TN to the international airport in Ft. Lauderdale; and the next morning at 6:00am I’ll be boarding a flight for Cap-Haitien, Haiti. I will (God willing that I persevere) complete my first year of formation (aspirancy + postulancy) at the M.O.P. mission house in Haiti, and then will (God willing) transfer to the headquarters in Jamaica to begin novitiate.

Please continue to pray for me, that I might persevere, that I might everyday die to self and selfishness and live for God alone. And if you are a young man (16 - 30 something) who even might be considering religious life, please watch the videos linked above, and then consider making a short trip down to Jamaica ( a “come and see” visit). Come and see whether Our Lord may be calling to you a life of prayer and a life service to the least of our brothers and sisters.

In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

IC XC NIKA

 

[whosebob]

And if you are a young man (16 - 30 something) who even might be considering religious life, please watch the videos linked above, and then consider making a short trip down to Jamaica ( a “come and see” visit). Come and see whether Our Lord may be calling to you a life of prayer and a life service to the least of our brothers and sisters.

JMJ + OBT​

I almost forgot to mention, the M.O.P. at all of their mission houses and at their headquarters in Jamaica are very welcoming to visitors who would like to share for a short time (a few days or even a few weeks) in their life of prayer and service to the poor. Men and women – Catholics, non-catholics, even non-Christians – already come down in small and large group, or as individuals, throughout the year, and that’s how I got my start with them too, back in 2003!

Come and visit us!

“It is a great joy to serve Christ in the poor.”

• Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder and superior general of the Missionaries of the Poor

 

[Semper_Fi_1]

Good luck brother! You are now a spiritual soldier for Christ. Semper Fidelis!

After I have completed the first year with my company, I will receive one week vacation. I plan on spending a few days with a community in contemplation and prayer. Pray for me!