Semi-vocation

[joelT]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and (name removed by moderator)ut; there’s some really good food for thought out there. Hopemercy, that aspect of living out our Baptismal vows is exactly what I am talking about; obviously those of us with families are not called to “leave” the world or give up everything since we have families to support and that is our primary calling. In working out that calling, though, we ought to focus on our vows and how to provide an environment for our children that will be most conducive to their eternal salvation. I believe this is best accomplished in community with other families; not religious community, mind you, but more of a traditional village-type setting, I guess you could call it. A place where families with the same beliefs and goals can help each other live out their baptismal vows in close contact and help provide for each others needs, both temporally and spiritually. We already incorporate many of the ideas that people have suggested, such as praying the Liturgy of the Hours together and doing work as a family with the crisis pregnancy center and such. The challenge is to expand this beyond our own home and unite our vocation and service with other Catholic families as they do the same. Our Christian profession should look radical; it should challenge our culture’s idolization of wealth, death, and pleasure at every turn. We will be most effective in this when we do it together; even two or three gathered in prayer and penance has great power through God’s grace.

All to Jesus, through Mary

Joel

 

[Hopemercy]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and (name removed by moderator)ut; there’s some really good food for thought out there. Hopemercy, that aspect of living out our Baptismal vows is exactly what I am talking about; obviously those of us with families are not called to “leave” the world or give up everything since we have families to support and that is our primary calling. In working out that calling, though, we ought to focus on our vows and how to provide an environment for our children that will be most conducive to their eternal salvation. I believe this is best accomplished in community with other families; not religious community, mind you, but more of a traditional village-type setting, I guess you could call it. A place where families with the same beliefs and goals can help each other live out their baptismal vows in close contact and help provide for each others needs, both temporally and spiritually. We already incorporate many of the ideas that people have suggested, such as praying the Liturgy of the Hours together and doing work as a family with the crisis pregnancy center and such. The challenge is to expand this beyond our own home and unite our vocation and service with other Catholic families as they do the same. Our Christian profession should look radical; it should challenge our culture’s idolization of wealth, death, and pleasure at every turn. We will be most effective in this when we do it together; even two or three gathered in prayer and penance has great power through God’s grace.

All to Jesus, through Mary

Joel

I was looking to see what Bruderhof was doing these days and found their new web site.

bruderhof.com/

They are living this within their own faith tradition, and strongly and beautifully.

They have changed some things; their dress code has changed slightly. They used to look almost Amish but now less so.

Not monastics and not religious life as we understand it; which is right and good of course.

Have a look and see what you think?