I had a dream....

[Grace283]

Let me just say before any criticism arises… I welcome God’s ultimate love in my life and surrender my life to His hands, but I long ago determined through prayer, guidance, etc that I would not enter the religious life beyond possibly as an oblate of some sort… … but whatever He may ask of me so be it…

So, a couple of nights ago I woke up from a dream in a start…

I was a nun! … afterwards I was “what can this mean?”… after much contemplation I add that dream to “oh man that was weird!” and brush it off by knowing that just before going to bed I had being watching specials on youtube about becoming a nun and going on threads in this praying for those in discernment. Also, I pray everyday for my dear friends who are already in the religious life, but still need prayers to guide them to lead them on the path that God wants.

The reason I started this thread was just to see if people have ever had dreams such as the one I had and what have they done with them? LIke me do they brush it by or do they go for it?

Love you all!!!

 

[Soldier4Christ]

I never had a dream like that, but I would say it could be a sign that God wants you to take a closer look at religious life. But not knowing what your past experiences were that caused you to decide not to enter religious life, it’s difficult for anybody but you to answer that question.

 

[matt487]

You wouldn’t be the only one! While I have not had any dreams pertaining to my desired vocation (diocese priest) I’ve had a few crazy spiritual dreams, both of which happened about a year ago.

Around last November, I was in kind of a materialistic phase in my life where I wanted the right fashions, best looking clothes, etc. In this dream, I was in the “worlds largest Old Navy store” while in vacation in New York City. I was ecstatic, and I kept buying all these clothes, thinking how good they’d look on me. I went to the cashier lady, bought them, and walked outside. However, right when I walked outside, Father Solanus Casey stood there, staring at me with a stern look on his face. I froze in my tracks, and he pointed to a homeless man to his right. At that moment, a wave of shame because of my materialism fell upon me - I couldn’t look into Fr. Casey’s eyes. I threw down my clothes, and after that, I can’t remember. This dream was pretty intense, and even though I’m not sure if it was a direct message from God or just a result of reading and studying my faith, I thought it best to take it as a message from God and my materialistic phase ended with that dream.

The next dream I had was a little creepy at first. I found myself floating in this seemingly ocean of blood. I was scared at first, as I tried to find out where the blood was coming from. I looked down at my hands and saw a hole in each hand. I yelled (or perhaps thought) “Oh my God, I’ve been given the Stigmata!” (and yes, I did take the Lord’s name in vain in a dream!) After that, I woke up. I can attribute this dream to some reading I was doing about Padre Pio that I had been doing a lot of, though.

 

[Grace283]

Thanks Soldier!!!..

About the vocation its just not for me at the moment. I’ve had “discussions with God” and with my spiritual director we both know its not for me, but i wholly support it in other people…but like i said… God’s will and not mine… although I wished He would be more straight forward…but darn wouldn’t i freak out and commit myself into an institution if He appeared to me like He did to St. Faustina…

by the way i like your quote…

Thanks Matt…

Hehe…that one dream was creepy… but I do know that after reading a book on Padre Pio I couldn’t wear nail polish for a LOOOOOOOOOONG time…

Also, recently had a dream (don’t know what happened in it) but I do know that I was praising God somehow and woke up clapping!!! hahahaha… i laughed my butt silly but at the same time was tired so i went back to sleep…

i shall pray for your discernment…

:extrahappy:

 

[cyberwolf001]

Hey I dreamed I was the Pope before, so don’t worry we all have wacky spiritual dreams

 

[Grace283]

Hey I dreamed I was the Pope before, so don’t worry we all have wacky spiritual dreams

hmmmm… cool… pope wolf??? just kidding… hey you never know, unless you’re a woman… or it could mean you could be a great Catholic leader…

hmmmm… that makes me think… no point in starting a new thread but…i know its bad to look at astrology but what about interpreting dreams? i mean how far can it go and still be okay?

any thoughts anyone?

 

[tossolul]

I saw a nun once while my eyes were closed…in a very specific pose. She was little like she was far away and dressed in very old fashioned cloister. That was all I saw, so I too was kind of like what could this mean God? I’m married, so was really especially confused.

Then a few months later I was at a Catholic book store and saw the same nun, in the same pose. She was on the cover of Sister Faustina’s Diary. I would have never bought that book if it hadn’t been for me having seen her before. I hate reading, and in looking at the size of that book I figured it would take me years to finish it but bought it anyway.

I’ve read it through at least 3 times, and many times will just radomly pick it up and read through it…it has been the most helpful book for me (besides the bible).

 

[Grace283]

I saw a nun once while my eyes were closed…in a very specific pose. She was little like she was far away and dressed in very old fashioned cloister. That was all I saw, so I too was kind of like what could this mean God? I’m married, so was really especially confused.

Then a few months later I was at a Catholic book store and saw the same nun, in the same pose. She was on the cover of Sister Faustina’s Diary. I would have never bought that book if it hadn’t been for me having seen her before. I hate reading, and in looking at the size of that book I figured it would take me years to finish it but bought it anyway.

I’ve read it through at least 3 times, and many times will just radomly pick it up and read through it…it has been the most helpful book for me (besides the bible).

That is sooooooooo cool!

 

[BarbaraTherese]

I know a nun who had been a hairdresser and a thoroughly worldly and modern millie. At a point in her life she seemed to come across nuns almost everywhere…this stage in her life led her to consider very reluctantly and subsequently enter a cloister - just to give it a try. She’s been there now over 50 years.

God’s Blessings and His Peace…Barb

 

[matt487]

hmmmm… cool… pope wolf??? just kidding… hey you never know, unless you’re a woman… or it could mean you could be a great Catholic leader…

hmmmm… that makes me think… no point in starting a new thread but…i know its bad to look at astrology but what about interpreting dreams? i mean how far can it go and still be okay?

any thoughts anyone?

I think we need to be careful about interpreting dreams. If you have a spiritual dream, and it either inspires you or helps you to personally deal with something in your life, there’s nothing wrong (as long, as course, as it does not contradict the Church). My dream about Fr. Solanus and the beggar, were they divinely inspired? I don’t know, but it did help me get over a brief obsession of material items, so I praise God for the dream, whether it came directly from God or was the product of a mish-mash of things in my head that my brain was trying to sort.

Anything that applies outside of you, i.e. something that may predict the future or perhaps a dream which may reveal knowledge you formerly did not have, needs to be subjected to strictly scrutinized by both the person who had the dream and the Church.

Those are my thoughts, however. Anyone else?

 

[LISA_Annette]

The reason I started this thread was just to see if people have ever had dreams such as the one I had and what have they done with them? LIke me do they brush it by or do they go for it?

Love you all!!!

I was about fifteen years old, I longed to know what seeking holiness is, but I couldn’t get a definite answer from my mom or dad. I had a dream similar to yours—possible as a way my mind was searching the answer. My parents weren’t very spiritually minded, although they were active members in their parish. My mom also had a really negative perception of women who become nuns ( not so anymore). I talked to her about the dream, and said I wanted to find out how to be closer to God, and that possibly it might lead me to becoming a nun. She started to laugh and then got irritated. In short she made me feel as if it were shameful to become a nun, as she made fun of it.

In short (yeah it’s long) I sought God in alternate ways (New Age and occult practices that eventually led me into a very bad marriage that was annulled in the Church)…when I was 22 I had BIG AWAKENING, and became Catholic *in my heart *( sounds too simplistic—but for the sake of brevity…). Couldn’t tear myself away from the Eucharist, and longed to go everyday. I went the winding path, to say the least, because I did not trust the way my heart in the first place was trying to lead me.

I am sorry—I hope you get the point to trust in your heart, and trust in the way God is leading you.

 

[CatholicMC]

I’m not trying to be a Negative Nancy but St. John of the Cross warns of dreams and putting too much stock into them. On the other hand, it certainly is not unheard of that God does communicate through dreams…(numerous occurences in the bible).

 

[LISA_Annette]

I’m not trying to be a Negative Nancy but St. John of the Cross warns of dreams and putting too much stock into them. On the other hand, it certainly is not unheard of that God does communicate through dreams…(numerous occurences in the bible).

I agree—you are right. No you are not a Negative Nancy (or a Debbie Downer as my kids would say ) I think my dream for me * meant that my mind was working to search for the answer ( to what is holiness). I certainly don’t want to apply a definitive meaning to it beyond my own making----but* I **think *our spirits *are far more prayerful and seeking of God (than we realize) in our sleeping state. I realize now that I did not trust what *my own heart *was trying to do: seek God. Whether God spoke or not, that will never be known—but that doesn’t matter.

I agree* yes *that believing definitely ( without spiritual advice from a spiritual director) that anyone( angels, devils, saints) or God Himself is actually talking to you, is not prudent. Deciding those things for ourselves leaves us open to delusion.

Now I guess I am the Debbie Downer

 

[Grace283]

I’m not trying to be a Negative Nancy but St. John of the Cross warns of dreams and putting too much stock into them. On the other hand, it certainly is not unheard of that God does communicate through dreams…(numerous occurences in the bible).

hiya! nope, I believe the same thing… thats why i had to ask what others do about their dreams… i usually have a good laugh (if i even remember them)… haha… God has such a wonderful sense of humor sometimes, don’t you think? because he gaves us dreams in the first place… hehe…