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CatholicZ09
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It’s funny that we should be talking about this right now. I decided to flip through my missal for no apparent reason, and to what song do I open?
Kind of creepy.
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JoyfulLife
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It is so beautiful seeing all these people that feel called to the Priesthood or Religious Life.
Men have so many options… Deaconate, Brothers, Priests (Diocese or Religious Orders), etc. etc.
I feel very blessed to have discernment simpler in my case.
Especially since I have health conditions that narrow down the Orders open to my issues.
Men have so many options… Deaconate, Brothers, Priests (Diocese or Religious Orders), etc. etc.
I feel very blessed to have discernment simpler in my case.
Especially since I have health conditions that narrow down the Orders open to my issues.
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JoyfulLife
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It’s funny that we should be talking about this right now. I decided to flip through my missal for no apparent reason, and to what song do I open?
Kind of creepy.
God is so amazing!
I feel all in hugs by God.
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CatholicZ09
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Not to mention that you don’t have to do 6-8 years in a seminary.It is so beautiful seeing all these people that feel called to the Priesthood or Religious Life.
Men have so many options… Deaconate, Brothers, Priests (Diocese or Religious Orders), etc. etc.
I feel very blessed to have discernment simpler in my case.
Especially since I have health conditions that narrow down the Orders open to my issues.
I bet that all the time is worth it, though.
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catholictiger
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most religious have the same discernment process as preist do. They have to go through a multi year process before they take their permanent vows. I can’t remember the length.Not to mention that you don’t have to do 6-8 years in a seminary.
I bet that all the time is worth it, though.
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JoyfulLife
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6 - 8 years. Sooooo worth it! What a beautiful life! To Carry out Consecration, Confession, Last Rites, etc. Awesome! Saving souls for God is the most important thing in life.
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catholictiger
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what’s the process for most religious
I know the first step is after the first year.
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Jonathan_V
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Same with me, but I feel that God gives me a different indicator on that. I don’t know about any other guys here, but I hate babysitting my sisters. I just don’t have the patience that my mom has with them. Babysitting has definitely helped me grow in patience, and I can see God working in that area of my life, but when I think of having kids,Same here. While I think that I can be happy with a wife and children, I would never be as happy if I wasn’t a priest. Your story reminds me of mine. When I can drift off thinking about marriage, I feel like something is missing.
! It’s not that I don’t love my sisters, I just don’t want to be stuck with being responsible for them all day long.
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CatholicZ09
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Okay, so I heard about the devotion to St. Therese of the Little Flower, and if you pray this novena, she may send you a rose as a sign of where you should go. So, I prayed the prayer only once (some stories that I’ve read mention St. Therese giving signs early) and asked her to send me a rose about my vocation (this can be a picture, an actual rose, or a scent), and so, I prayed the novena and looked around my room and I thought, “I’m not going to see any roses, but I’ll just look around anyway.” So, I look around and then I stare right at the icon of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in front of me, and what is around her heart? White roses.
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GloriousOrder
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To be honest, I think that’s a little silly. Perhaps the novena would be more intellectually honest if an estranged family member arrived at your door after 10 years of feuding and gave you a rose.Okay, so I heard about the devotion to St. Therese of the Little Flower, and if you pray this novena, she may send you a rose as a sign of where you should go. So, I prayed the prayer only once (some stories that I’ve read mention St. Therese giving signs early) and asked her to send me a rose about my vocation (this can be a picture, an actual rose, or a scent), and so, I prayed the novena and looked around my room and I thought, “I’m not going to see any roses, but I’ll just look around anyway.” So, I look around and then I stare right at the icon of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in front of me, and what is around her heart? White roses.
If you already had the picture of the Immaculate Heart, your whole novena was just going to fulfill itself anyway. Let’s not get too ridiculous with our “signs and symbols”!Oh! I was walking down the street the other day and I saw a man in a clerical collar! I must be called to the priesthood!
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CatholicZ09
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I did too think that. I was like, “Ya, not that much of a sign.”
So, I was online a little bit after that and going through stuff on here and came across a picture of roses. Then I went to bed thinking, “That’s a bit weird.”
So, this morning I went out to breakfast and out of no where this woman started to talk about flowers.
The more it starts to happen, you start wondering, “Maybe someone is trying to tell me something.”
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JeffersonD
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I was beginning my pre-discernment and I went to my every other week Confession but at a different parish and the priest asked if I ever thought about the priesthood. I told him I was beginning to discern and it really helped me get through the beginning stage.
Another time was actually about a month ago. A friend of mine about 10 years ago told my dad that I will one day make a great priest, it made my week. I thought he was joking and so I asked my dad about it and he thought he remembered something like that. Last week my dad got a message from another friend who is thinking about coming back into the Church and so my dad told him about me and the friend retold the story my friend told me. It was great. God is awesome!
Another time was actually about a month ago. A friend of mine about 10 years ago told my dad that I will one day make a great priest, it made my week. I thought he was joking and so I asked my dad about it and he thought he remembered something like that. Last week my dad got a message from another friend who is thinking about coming back into the Church and so my dad told him about me and the friend retold the story my friend told me. It was great. God is awesome!
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Monica4316
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well I have two St Therese stories that seem like more than coincidences to meTo be honest, I think that’s a little silly. Perhaps the novena would be more intellectually honest if an estranged family member arrived at your door after 10 years of feuding and gave you a rose.
Oh! I was walking down the street the other day and I saw a man in a clerical collar! I must be called to the priesthood!
the first time I prayed to St Therese, I didn’t even believe in the intercession of Saints… I was just trying it out because I really needed prayer
anyway, right when I finished, I looked up and saw a vase full of roses in front of me in my room. I don’t understand how I didn’t see it there before. This was early in the morning, and my mom had put them there - and she doesn’t do this regularly. (this was the only time it was a whole vase).the other time, I was praying on my way to the dentist office, then I went in the office and sat down, and finished my prayer… then I looked at the little table beside my chair, and saw a kleenex box that had roses drawn on it and it said “la petite rose”… well St Therese was French, she’s known as the “little flower”… her symbol is the rose… “la petite rose” is “the little rose” in French… hmm…
she is a good friend
I think that even when it seems like a coincidence, it’s more likely that it’s not =)
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CatholicZ09
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She surely can brighten up your day!well I have two St Therese stories that seem like more than coincidences to me
the first time I prayed to St Therese, I didn’t even believe in the intercession of Saints… I was just trying it out because I really needed prayer
the other time, I was praying on my way to the dentist office, then I went in the office and sat down, and finished my prayer… then I looked at the little table beside my chair, and saw a kleenex box that had roses drawn on it and it said “la petite rose”… well St Therese was French, she’s known as the “little flower”… her symbol is the rose… “la petite rose” is “the little rose” in French… hmm…
she is a good friend
I think that even when it seems like a coincidence, it’s more likely that it’s not =)
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CatholicZ09
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So, at the Ordination Mass today, they had a pamphlet for the order of the Mass. So, for no real reason, I flip to the back of the pamphlet, and what is the first thing I see? “Follow me!” on this one page that was explaining how to promote vocations in the Local Church. It’s funny that out of the whole text I see only those two words. I felt Our Lord saying, “Do I really need to keep doing this?”
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gatewood1988
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When I was discerning a vocation when I was younger I had a funny incident occur.I was working at Six Flags Magic Mountain for Fright Fest and on Halloween we had a cast party at one of our friend’s homes. My friends at the time wanted me to dress in a true Halloween costume (like a dead cheerleader or something) but I didn’t want to. So a few days before we went to this party we went to the costume shop and I settled on a nun costume (very tasteful, modest, and me lol) I wasn’t really thinking about it but I wasn’t going to wear anything demonic or revealing. Well when I went to the party that night dressed in my costume, alot of the kids that were there that weren’t doing things that were that good, stopped doing it (drinking, etc) A couple of them actually asked me if I was a real nun, apparently I looked the part so well. (I guess it helped that I didn’t drink or anything)
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Jennifer_G
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Now here’s an interesting little (Carmelite) nugget that happened to me today.
I was riding with a friend and another couple (fellow parishioners) to the National Cathedral, and they (the couple) were talking abut these two books they were reading (“Dark Night of the Soul” and “The Interior Castle” - both Carmelites), which they eventually gave to me since they didn’t get much out of the book (in terms of spiritual understanding). I personally like the book, from what I’ve read so far, since I’m more into Carmelite spirituality.
Then, in the cathedral at one of their Daily Masses, I see this religious sister in a full habit who just received the Eucharist. I couldn’t tell at first if she was Dominican or some other order until she turned around. Then I realized it was a Carmelite Sister! :bounce: She sat two rows behind us. We saw her again upstairs and found out she’s from the Los Angeles Carmelite Sisters.
Then, in the bookstore, I had picked out a Camelite DVD, and 5 minutes later, my friend was looking through there and picked out a DVD for me to look at. Before she could finish her sentence that I should look at the DVD, I realized that I had the same exact DVD.
I think that may be a not-so-sutble message.
Oh, and one more little thing. At work, I was talking with a co-worker (who was talking about some other co-workers) - she doesn’t know about my discernment, and just out of the blue she says (half-jokingly) “Don’t ever leave”. I’m thinking, “Thanks for making it ‘easy’. 
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I was riding with a friend and another couple (fellow parishioners) to the National Cathedral, and they (the couple) were talking abut these two books they were reading (“Dark Night of the Soul” and “The Interior Castle” - both Carmelites), which they eventually gave to me since they didn’t get much out of the book (in terms of spiritual understanding). I personally like the book, from what I’ve read so far, since I’m more into Carmelite spirituality.
Then, in the cathedral at one of their Daily Masses, I see this religious sister in a full habit who just received the Eucharist. I couldn’t tell at first if she was Dominican or some other order until she turned around. Then I realized it was a Carmelite Sister!
:bounce: She sat two rows behind us. We saw her again upstairs and found out she’s from the Los Angeles Carmelite Sisters.Then, in the bookstore, I had picked out a Camelite DVD, and 5 minutes later, my friend was looking through there and picked out a DVD for me to look at. Before she could finish her sentence that I should look at the DVD, I realized that I had the same exact DVD.
I think that may be a not-so-sutble message.
Oh, and one more little thing. At work, I was talking with a co-worker (who was talking about some other co-workers) - she doesn’t know about my discernment, and just out of the blue she says (half-jokingly) “Don’t ever leave”. I’m thinking, “Thanks for making it ‘easy’.
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angela92
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Oh my, I love this post! Had to join just because of it!
The Lord has been giving me so many subtle hints that I’m just ready for Him to hit me in the head with a 2 x 4 of the Holy Spirit and give in completely. Here’s a few I think are pretty funny:
A teacher in my public high school would always ask me ‘Are you going to become a nun?!’ And now there’s so many people in my life that keep telling me ‘You would make a great nun!’ Gee guys, thanks…praise God haha
I go to daily mass at school and when they do the intercession I’m always like ‘I hope there’s one about religious vocations!’ Welp, the first time the priest did this intercession it was on January 27th- the feast day of St. Angela (aka my feast day).
I went to a youth conference last weekend and I was praying alone in a small chapel. Of course I was praying for openness to my vocation, and for the Lord to keep showing me signs. While I was praying someone else had walked in. When I turned around to go leave, it was a sister from the community that I absolutely adore. We exchanged smiles later on and boy did my heart get tugged.
And my favorite…
My mom will be watching tv and then all of a sudden I hear “Ang! There’s nun’s on Oprah!” or “Hey Ang! There’s a bunch of nuns on the television!” (Sister Act on the Tony Awards Thanks mother.
Our God is not just an awesome God…He’s a HILARIOUS God! Definitely too many “Godincidences” to ignore. Needless to say, I’m definitely going on a discernment retreat this semester! :nun2:
The Lord has been giving me so many subtle hints that I’m just ready for Him to hit me in the head with a 2 x 4 of the Holy Spirit and give in completely. Here’s a few I think are pretty funny:
A teacher in my public high school would always ask me ‘Are you going to become a nun?!’ And now there’s so many people in my life that keep telling me ‘You would make a great nun!’ Gee guys, thanks…praise God haha
I go to daily mass at school and when they do the intercession I’m always like ‘I hope there’s one about religious vocations!’ Welp, the first time the priest did this intercession it was on January 27th- the feast day of St. Angela (aka my feast day).
I went to a youth conference last weekend and I was praying alone in a small chapel. Of course I was praying for openness to my vocation, and for the Lord to keep showing me signs. While I was praying someone else had walked in. When I turned around to go leave, it was a sister from the community that I absolutely adore. We exchanged smiles later on and boy did my heart get tugged.
And my favorite…
My mom will be watching tv and then all of a sudden I hear “Ang! There’s nun’s on Oprah!” or “Hey Ang! There’s a bunch of nuns on the television!” (Sister Act on the Tony Awards Thanks mother.
Our God is not just an awesome God…He’s a HILARIOUS God! Definitely too many “Godincidences” to ignore. Needless to say, I’m definitely going on a discernment retreat this semester! :nun2:
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CatholicZ09
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It’s funny because I was doing a novena to St. Therese to give me signs of my vocation to the priesthood, and the Corpus Christi procession was today, and the first station that I recognized as I went into the parking lot this morning for Mass was St. Therese! I was like, “Okay, I surrender!”
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catholictiger
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sometimes when I am reading scripture in prayer, little words remind me of God’s Call I was reading Jeremiah yesterday well monday, in adoration and the first few words said something something in a family of a PRIEST, and I was like thanks for reminding me God .
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