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distracted
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I tend to believe that if it is NOT… it is not your true vocation…
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water
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Your cross is only a subset of your vocation. In your vocation, there will be trials, cross, joy, happiness, hope, faith, etc …
Who will deny there isn’t any cross for being a parent?
Who will deny there isn’t any cross for being a parent?
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John_Augustine
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I’m called to the Catholic priesthood.
I’m not Catholic.
My family isn’t Catholic.
They don’t want me to be Catholic.
They REALLY don’t want me to be a priest.
The Catholic Church in England is a bit rubbish (understatement, read “abysmal”), so its a case of put up with it or emigrate! lol!
So yeah, its not going to be easy. But I can’t wait
I’m not Catholic.
My family isn’t Catholic.
They don’t want me to be Catholic.
They REALLY don’t want me to be a priest.
The Catholic Church in England is a bit rubbish (understatement, read “abysmal”), so its a case of put up with it or emigrate! lol!
So yeah, its not going to be easy. But I can’t wait
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reen12
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Thread title: Is Your Vocation Also Your Cross?
quote: distracted
No matter what state in life one is called to, there will be crosses.
Brother Lawrence, who had a vocation to religious life -
and who had his own form of the ‘lttle way’ - was quoted
as saying:
“That he had desired to be received into a monastery, thinking that
he would there be made to smart for his awkwardness and the
faults he should commit, and so he should sacrifice to God his life,
with its pleasures: but that God had disappointed him, he
having met with nothing but satisfaction in that state.”
Practice of the Presence of God, online, here]
gutenberg.org/etext/5657
I don’t know about anybody else, but ‘blessings’ tend to make me nervous.
“What’s the catch?”] http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif
Yet Christians serve a Lord Who said:
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly…
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing…”
[John 10 Luke 6]
There are many, I think, whose lives are full of crosses, in their state in life.
[married, single, religious life].
Yet if God chooses to send roses - as He did to Brother Lawrence, that is His will.
St. John, the beloved disciple, did not suffer crucifixion, as did Peter,
in serving His Lord. That was a cross that John was not asked to carry.
So whether crosses or roses predominate, in one’s life, it is up to Him,
for His own purposes…
We know that all things work for good for those who love God…
Each state of life has it’s own rigors, that’s for sure.
[7 months of religious life, 29 years, single; 33 years marriage, this week.]
I do appreciate the mindset of Brother Lawrence. [Look at the tasks of the day,[/COLOR]
and address them - after placing these tasks in His hands.]
“…packed together, shake down, and overflowing…” are His gifts to us,
along with the suffering that may attend, in life.
He has made us to carry a “weight of glory,” in eternity.
For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison… [2Cor: 17]
And if some of this glory spills over into this life, that, too, is His will and His gift.
Thank you for offering a fine question to consider, distracted.
I found the question helpful - in sorting out my own thoughts,
in terms of what life brings, in what used to be termed
one’s ‘state in life.’ Is this term still in use?
reen12
quote: distracted
I agree with what you are saying, to a certain extent, distracted.
No matter what state in life one is called to, there will be crosses.
Brother Lawrence, who had a vocation to religious life -
and who had his own form of the ‘lttle way’ - was quoted
as saying:
“That he had desired to be received into a monastery, thinking that
he would there be made to smart for his awkwardness and the
faults he should commit, and so he should sacrifice to God his life,
with its pleasures: but that God had disappointed him, he
having met with nothing but satisfaction in that state.”
Practice of the Presence of God, online, here]
gutenberg.org/etext/5657
I don’t know about anybody else, but ‘blessings’ tend to make me nervous.
“What’s the catch?”] http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif
Yet Christians serve a Lord Who said:
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly…
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing…”
[John 10 Luke 6]
There are many, I think, whose lives are full of crosses, in their state in life.
[married, single, religious life].
Yet if God chooses to send roses - as He did to Brother Lawrence, that is His will.
St. John, the beloved disciple, did not suffer crucifixion, as did Peter,
in serving His Lord. That was a cross that John was not asked to carry.
So whether crosses or roses predominate, in one’s life, it is up to Him,
for His own purposes…
We know that all things work for good for those who love God…
Each state of life has it’s own rigors, that’s for sure.
[7 months of religious life, 29 years, single; 33 years marriage, this week.]
I do appreciate the mindset of Brother Lawrence. [Look at the tasks of the day,[/COLOR]
and address them - after placing these tasks in His hands.]
“…packed together, shake down, and overflowing…” are His gifts to us,
along with the suffering that may attend, in life.
He has made us to carry a “weight of glory,” in eternity.
For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison… [2Cor: 17]
And if some of this glory spills over into this life, that, too, is His will and His gift.
Thank you for offering a fine question to consider, distracted.
I found the question helpful - in sorting out my own thoughts,
in terms of what life brings, in what used to be termed
one’s ‘state in life.’ Is this term still in use?
reen12
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distracted
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for sure… my parents had 9 children… at great sacrifice… it cost them their sanity…Your cross is only a subset of your vocation. In your vocation, there will be trials, cross, joy, happiness, hope, faith, etc …
Who will deny there isn’t any cross for being a parent?
but then, you know… maybe they never had any…
I mean, i didn’t know them before they had children…
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reen12
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Thread title: Is Your Vocation Also Your Cross?
quote: distracted
No matter what state in life one is called to, there will be crosses.
Brother Lawrence, who had a vocation to religious life -
and who had his own form of the ‘little way’ - was quoted
as saying:
“That he had desired to be received into a monastery, thinking that
he would there be made to smart for his awkwardness and the
faults he should commit, and so he should sacrifice to God his life,
with its pleasures: but that God had disappointed him, he
having met with nothing but satisfaction in that state.”
Practice of the Presence of God, online, here]
gutenberg.org/etext/5657
I don’t know about anybody else, but ‘blessings’ tend to make me nervous.
“What’s the catch?”] http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif
Yet Christians serve a Lord Who said:
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly…
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing…”
[John 10 Luke 6]
There are many, I think, whose lives are full of crosses, in their state in life.
[married, single, religious life].
Yet if God chooses to send roses - as He did to Brother Lawrence, that is His will.
St. John, the beloved disciple, did not suffer crucifixion, as did Peter, in serving His Lord.
That was a cross that John was not asked to carry.
So whether crosses or roses predominate, in one’s life, it is up to God,
for His own purposes…
We know that all things work for good for those who love God…
[Romans:8]
Each state of life has it’s own rigors, that’s for sure.
[7 months of religious life, 29 years, single; 33 years marriage, this week.]
I do appreciate the mindset of Brother Lawrence. [Look at the tasks of the day,
and address them - after placing these tasks in His hands.]
“…packed together, shake down, and overflowing…” are His gifts to us,
along with the suffering that may attend, in life.
He has made us to carry a “weight of glory,” in eternity.
For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison… [2Cor: 17]
And if some of this glory spills over into this life, that, too, is His will and His gift.
Thank you for offering a fine question to consider, distracted.
I found the question helpful, in sorting out my own thoughts.
reen12
quote: distracted
I agree with what you are saying, to a certain extent, distracted.
No matter what state in life one is called to, there will be crosses.
Brother Lawrence, who had a vocation to religious life -
and who had his own form of the ‘little way’ - was quoted
as saying:
“That he had desired to be received into a monastery, thinking that
he would there be made to smart for his awkwardness and the
faults he should commit, and so he should sacrifice to God his life,
with its pleasures: but that God had disappointed him, he
having met with nothing but satisfaction in that state.”
Practice of the Presence of God, online, here]
gutenberg.org/etext/5657
I don’t know about anybody else, but ‘blessings’ tend to make me nervous.
“What’s the catch?”] http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif
Yet Christians serve a Lord Who said:
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly…
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing…”
[John 10 Luke 6]
There are many, I think, whose lives are full of crosses, in their state in life.
[married, single, religious life].
Yet if God chooses to send roses - as He did to Brother Lawrence, that is His will.
St. John, the beloved disciple, did not suffer crucifixion, as did Peter, in serving His Lord.
That was a cross that John was not asked to carry.
So whether crosses or roses predominate, in one’s life, it is up to God,
for His own purposes…
We know that all things work for good for those who love God…
[Romans:8]
Each state of life has it’s own rigors, that’s for sure.
[7 months of religious life, 29 years, single; 33 years marriage, this week.]
I do appreciate the mindset of Brother Lawrence. [Look at the tasks of the day,
and address them - after placing these tasks in His hands.]
“…packed together, shake down, and overflowing…” are His gifts to us,
along with the suffering that may attend, in life.
He has made us to carry a “weight of glory,” in eternity.
For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison… [2Cor: 17]
And if some of this glory spills over into this life, that, too, is His will and His gift.
Thank you for offering a fine question to consider, distracted.
I found the question helpful, in sorting out my own thoughts.
reen12
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distracted
Guest
wow… that’s an amazing story… Could you please keep us apprised of how things turn out?
What religion were you raised in? I am wondering how you got interested in the Catholic faith… Were you taught to be anti-Catholic??
why do you want to be a priest?
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distracted
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one more thing: why do you want to be a priest??
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distracted
Guest
My vocation is not all a cross… which is why i think i am supposed to be in another one… 
the one i think God may be leading me to IS a huge cross… but i don’t know if i am ready to elaborate… suffice it to say that i think God wants us to learn things in life, to grow, etc… and sometimes the vocation we are in is not conducive to that… because we have already learned most of what we needed to in it… I don’t know… i am just confused… (no news flash there… )
the one i think God may be leading me to IS a huge cross… but i don’t know if i am ready to elaborate… suffice it to say that i think God wants us to learn things in life, to grow, etc… and sometimes the vocation we are in is not conducive to that… because we have already learned most of what we needed to in it… I don’t know… i am just confused… (no news flash there…
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SarahR
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Yes to the question.
But adding, I think LIFE is a cross. Who is without suffering?
But adding, I think LIFE is a cross. Who is without suffering?
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MarieVeronica
Guest
Very interesting question, “distracted”. Hmm. Not sure of the answer, though.
I tend to agree with the others. That while a person might not consider his/her vocation to be a cross… that eventually, “The Cross”… WILL come to us all. That “The Cross”, will eventually be integrated into ones life (vocation). If we believe what we profess, as Christians… it seems almost inevitable (No Cross, no Resurrection).
Not sure if my comments are helpful, but thank you for allowing me to participate!
God bless.
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distracted
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Angie and Brad??
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distracted
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Thank you for offering a fine question to consider, distracted.
I found the question helpful, in sorting out my own thoughts.
reen12
Wow… that is what i was just getting ready to say to YOU… It was a pleasure reading what you wrote…
You have been in various vocations…
Please pray for me to find the vocation God wants for me. I don’t thikn He wants me to stay in the one i am in (being single). I could be wrong… but one day i asked God what vocation HE wnated (thought that I had wanted to be a nun, have investigated it and got “nowhere”… )… and i heard the word Marriage in my head… that was yrs ago & i still am not married…
and don’t wnat to be… Just want to do what God wants, not my own will… (at least i THINK i do…:whacky: ::
God bless you…
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distracted
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A way to explain the title of this thread:
If Jesus had to die on a cross to do the will of God and if He tells us we must pick up our crosses every day and follow Him… well, I think it follows that we should not have too easy a life…
Jesus said that the way to eternal life is narrow and there are few who find it… It is narrow becsaue it is not easy and people naturally choose the easy way…
This is scary because we dont’ want anyone going to Hell…
If Jesus had to die on a cross to do the will of God and if He tells us we must pick up our crosses every day and follow Him… well, I think it follows that we should not have too easy a life…
Jesus said that the way to eternal life is narrow and there are few who find it… It is narrow becsaue it is not easy and people naturally choose the easy way…
This is scary because we dont’ want anyone going to Hell…
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distracted
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they were very helpful… Even though i already learned this… it is always good to have it confirmed in one’s mind…while a person might not consider his/her vocation to be a cross… that eventually, “The Cross”… WILL come to us all. That “The Cross”, will eventually be integrated into ones life (vocation). If we believe what we profess, as Christians… it seems almost inevitable (No Cross, no Resurrection).
Not sure if my comments are helpful, but thank you for allowing me to participate!
Sometimes a cross can get so heavy that we… well, lose sight of the fact that it is a cross and probably a necessary one… meaning necessary for our soul and its getting ready for the next world. (Of course, some crosses are not necessary… just the result of … stupidity… or something…
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Jimdandy
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We are all called to pick up our crosses and follow Jesus, His Cross is our vocation.
Pray as Jesus does
Act like Jesus
React like Jesus
Give of your self as Jesus
Treat others as if they were Jesus
Speak like Jesus
Forgive as Jesus forgives
Help the sick, poor, needy as Jesus does
Pray as Jesus does
Act like Jesus
React like Jesus
Give of your self as Jesus
Treat others as if they were Jesus
Speak like Jesus
Forgive as Jesus forgives
Help the sick, poor, needy as Jesus does
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sawman
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Dear Distracted,
The way I see my vocation, is that God has so many ways to show me the cross He has for me through it. In other words, I don’t think which particular vocation is all that important in terms of “your cross”. God has a knack for finding just the cross that is just my size and wieght. I am sure He would not be in the least bit challenged by any vocation I was in.
One thing though, I am at a point in life where I am not at all curious about where is my cross. If life is in one of those rare non-difficult stages, I will lap it up without any soul searching.
His love and peace be with you. His discernment too. Thanks for the good question too!
The way I see my vocation, is that God has so many ways to show me the cross He has for me through it. In other words, I don’t think which particular vocation is all that important in terms of “your cross”. God has a knack for finding just the cross that is just my size and wieght. I am sure He would not be in the least bit challenged by any vocation I was in.
One thing though, I am at a point in life where I am not at all curious about where is my cross. If life is in one of those rare non-difficult stages, I will lap it up without any soul searching.
His love and peace be with you. His discernment too. Thanks for the good question too!
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distracted
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hmm… well, maybe a few years ago, i would have said the same thing… but now… I would have to disagree… but i am afraid its a very long story WHY i disagree… I don’t disagree totally, though. I know that, for one thing, every vocation has its own particular crosses… I think it matter what vocation you are in because you will learn and grow one way in one vocation and in another way in another vocation… and God knows what way we need to grow in (the most)… We don’t know, so we always need to pray & seek His will and not our own or the devil’s or whoever’s…
you mean you dont’ know where your cross is? Hmm… i am not sure i understand this…
Have you ever spent a lot of time at the Blessed Sacrament? If i ever have doubts about such things, Jesus sets me straight the longer i stay in His Presence in the Church…
God bless…
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distracted
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good advice… easier said than done… but not impossible… (just seems like it
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K
KingAlfred
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Why is the CC in England in such bad shape?I’m called to the Catholic priesthood.
I’m not Catholic.
My family isn’t Catholic.
They don’t want me to be Catholic.
They REALLY don’t want me to be a priest.
The Catholic Church in England is a bit rubbish (understatement, read “abysmal”), so its a case of put up with it or emigrate! lol!
So yeah, its not going to be easy. But I can’t wait
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