Can I take my pets if I become a nun?

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lilypadrees said:
If you understood her family’s culture, you wouldn’t be asking these questions.
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I don’t know what makes you think that I don’t understand the culture. I do understand the culture, I just don’t think that it is right. I don’t accept that culture is sufficient justification for some communities to deprive people of their basic rights: the right to education, the right to freedom, the right to work, the right of women and men to be treated equally. I also don’t think that culture is sufficient justification for breaking the law. If, for example, the law says that all children must go to school, there is no derogation from this requirement for people whose culture does not encourage education. Culture must always be expressed within the restrictions imposed by the law.

The rights that are safeguarded by English law (e.g. freedom, equality, education, work) are entirely consistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church. The Church teaches in the declaration Gravissimum Educationis (§6), for example, that ‘the state must protect the right of children to an adequate school education’. St John Paul II also teaches that every human being has a right to work (Laborem Exercens, §18; Centesimus Annus, §43—I would recommend anybody who has not already done so to read these extraordinary encyclicals).
 
That sounds encouraging. I hope that this nun you are now in contact with will be able to help you in discerning your vocation and dealing with your specific concerns about your dogs. It sounds like you are somebody who enjoys caring for other people and animals, so there are a number of paths in life in which your particular passions and abilities would be useful, whether as a nun, as a wife and mother, or in a caring job.
 
The wrong reasons? My reasons are to devote my life to Jesus and nothing else there is absolutely nothing else I want from life
 
What’s the Roman Catholic diocese of pasig? I was typing something and all of a sudden it came up in my phone (Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
LawyersGunsAndMoney said:
Gypsy cultural norms aren’t divinely ordained.
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I didn’t say it was divinely ordained. Perhaps researching their cultural norms will help you better understand the consequences of “bucking tradition.”

Also, obedience to one’s parents is one of the 10 Commandments (#4 for Catholics). And it applies, regardless of culture.
 
Pasig is in the Philippines, dear. The church is divided into sections known as Archdioceses. Each archdiocese has a province, and each province is comprised of smaller dioceses. The smaller dioceses are known as “suffragan” to their respective archdiocese.

Diocese is Greek for “house”. Jesus said in the Gospels that there were many mansions in His Father’s House.
 
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I believe that once you are a legal adult, honoring your parents is more about hearing them out than obeying. You are proposing that a legal adult can’t have the vocation she wants for her life because she needs to be obedient.
 
lilypadrees said:
I didn’t say it was divinely ordained. Perhaps researching their cultural norms will help you better understand the consequences of “bucking tradition.”

Also, obedience to one’s parents is one of the 10 Commandments (#4 for Catholics). And it applies, regardless of culture.
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And if she wants to accept those consequences, she can. Im not saying she should or shouldn’t, just that it’s her choice to make.

Honoring ones parents means showing them respect and caring for them. It doesn’t mean you have to do everything they tell you when you’re an adult.
 
Well, that’s the first time you’ve actually said you want to serve Jesus. I’m proud of you for that. But you still fail to realize that we are all called to serve Jesus any way we can. Not all are called to the religious life.

If you will, please explain this to me because I still feel there’s something you haven’t said. Now, I’m just going on what you’ve posted.

You wanted to be a nun last year after a trip to Medjugorje where you saw a nun sitting alone praying and decided you wanted to be just like her. But nothing came of it.

You went to Medjugorje this year and your interest was rekindled after you gave a beggar woman some money and told her about Jesus and Mary.

Based on her reaction and that of a woman named Nancy who lives there, who claims she saw the Virgin Mary and just happened to tell you of all the people there to stay pure and stay in the eyes of God, and a conversation you had with a priest, these are all signs to you that God wants you to become a nun.

Let’s think this through logically. Seeing a nun praying can be very inspirational esp in times of need or duress. Do you remember how you were feeling before you saw this nun and suddenly felt you wanted to be just like her? Maybe seeing her in prayer just gave you a boost when you were hot or tired or needed some kind of encouragement.

A beggar woman and someone who claims she saw the Blessed Virgin make comments that you take to mean God wants you to be a nun. (The woman named Nancy’s comments were probably to all who were present and you took them as being for you alone.)

The conversation with the priest on your way home was probably casual conversation. He would give anyone who asked about becoming a nun the same advice.

So now, you’re waiting to meet someone who may be able to help you in your quest. What if she tells you matter of factly words you don’t want to hear? That you are not able to become a nun and that you would be better off remaining in your tribe?

Or she says you can become a nun but only if your family consents (which you’ve already said they refuse to do)?

Or that you need to experience the things you haven’t and be “normal” (your word, Rosie) before contemplating becoming a nun?

In other words, she advises you but does not allow you to do this right now. And neither does anyone else you might apply to. Can you handle that? Can you handle anything other than immediate acceptance?

Yes, I want everything to work out for you. But I really feel you see this as an escape from your family, from your culture, from having to grow up and be responsible for yourself.
 
Well it sounds like you have had lots of nudges from the Holy Spirit. May God bless you and lead you. I will pray for you.
 
Nancy was speaking to me because she was holding my hand looking me directly in the eyes and yes I truly believe she saw the Virgin Mary u can feel the Holy Spirit radiating from her and I also believe that everything that happened where signs from god wanting me to be a nun it isn’t an escape I could stay and live quite lavishly before I wanted to become a nun I was actually quite happy with the way my life was going I was planning on getting married having children but these are things I no longer want this is what I want I want to become a nun I want to give up everything
 
lilypadrees said:
But I really feel you see this as an escape from your family, from your culture, from having to grow up and be responsible for yourself.
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Those two things might be at odds, though. In order to grow up and be responsible for herself she might need to distance herself a little from her family. Not destroy the relationship or cut all ties or yell and scream; just gently assert that she is an adult now who can make her own choices.
 
lilypadrees said:
Obedience is a way of showing respect too.
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It can be, but it’s not a mandate for an adult. Think of it this way: if my parents converted to Islam tomorrow and demanded that I stop practicing Catholicism, would I have to obey?

No, absolutely not. I’d still show them respect and love as my parents, but as an adult I am responsible for my own choices and would politely but firmly inform them that I’m not going to obey.
 
What is this Nancy’s last name, Rosie? Is there anything documented about her seeing the Virgin Mary?
 
By the way Lily I’m quibbling on this one point but I think on the rest of it you’re spot on.
 
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