Teen Vocation Thread

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Hi, I am 14 and feel as if I have a calling to be a priest. Hope all goes well for you.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
Hi, I am 14 and feel as if I have a calling to be a priest. Hope all goes well for you.
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It’s good to know that you are discerning to become a priest. Just always pray. Our world needs to have good and holy priests. Try to receive the Eucharist frequently, if you can, you can attend a Mass every day. And also try to have frequent confession.

Don’t be afraid.
 
Hi everyoneee! I’m 16, and have felt for a couple of years that i may have a calling to the religious life. I’m not 100% certain (i’m not sure anyone ever is though :rolleyes: ) but i’m trying to keep my mind, heart and soul open to what God wants…even though it often seems so hard 🤷
 
AllForYou said:
Hi everyoneee! I’m 16, and have felt for a couple of years that i may have a calling to the religious life. I’m not 100% certain (i’m not sure anyone ever is though :rolleyes: ) but i’m trying to keep my mind, heart and soul open to what God wants…even though it often seems so hard 🤷
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I think no one is really sure if they are called to religious life, it’s really a long way of discovery. Pray. Listen.
 
I just want to say congratulations! This is so awsome to hear! May God bless you and guide you all the days of your life! Prayers for all of you on here! I cannot express how wonderful this is! 😃
 
AllForYou said:
Hi everyoneee! I’m 16, and have felt for a couple of years that i may have a calling to the religious life. I’m not 100% certain (i’m not sure anyone ever is though :rolleyes: ) but i’m trying to keep my mind, heart and soul open to what God wants…even though it often seems so hard 🤷
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🙂

I know, it is very hard. I am 18 years old, and have, throughout the past, oh, 9 years, have felt random pulls that have come and gone about religious life. However…I’m also a hopeless romantic soul, who longs for the closeness of another heart that feels the same about me.

It’s very hard to trust. Well, for me, it is. So I am trying to learn to put it all into God’s hands. Yeah, it’s still a rocky road for me. But I’m slowly learning. Whatever is God’s will shall come to pass. An adult friend of mine once told me (he even wrote it in my Bible so I wouldn’t ever forget :D)…“Remember, God’s will won’t take you where the grace of God hasn’t given you the gifts to succeed.”

Praying for you. 🙂
 
abort73catholic said:
🙂

I know, it is very hard. I am 18 years old, and have, throughout the past, oh, 9 years, have felt random pulls that have come and gone about religious life. However…I’m also a hopeless romantic soul, who longs for the closeness of another heart that feels the same about me.

It’s very hard to trust. Well, for me, it is. So I am trying to learn to put it all into God’s hands. Yeah, it’s still a rocky road for me
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. But I’m slowly learning. Whatever is God’s will shall come to pass. An adult friend of mine once told me (he even wrote it in my Bible so I wouldn’t ever forget :D)…“Remember, God’s will won’t take you where the grace of God hasn’t given you the gifts to succeed.”

Praying for you. 🙂

I am sure that I’m going to enter in August and it’s still a rocky road. It doesn’t get any easier even when you are sure. But it really doesn’t matter because I’m so in love with Him that I’ll do anything! :love: I am also totally romantic and at first it was really hard for me to accept my vocation but as time has gone on and I’ve grown up in my faith I’ve come to see that my relationship with God is a romantic one and it’s better then any other romance I could ever find. The point is that God will provide for you in every way no matter what state in life you may be called to. He wouldn’t have put this in you only to kill it, it’s there for a reason and He will use it in some way.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
Hi, everyone, I’m 19 and I’ve wanted to be a nun since I was 15. It’s been a hard road for me, though. I had to struggle through scruples and then feelings of abandoment. Now I have a lot of picking up the pieces to do with my vocation. I think I want to be a nun, but it’s hard to desire it right now.

I’ll say a prayer for everyone here. God bless you in your search for Him.
 
twohearts14 said:
Hi, everyone, I’m 19 and I’ve wanted to be a nun since I was 15. It’s been a hard road for me, though. I had to struggle through scruples and then feelings of abandoment. Now I have a lot of picking up the pieces to do with my vocation. I think I want to be a nun, but it’s hard to desire it right now.

I’ll say a prayer for everyone here. God bless you in your search for Him.
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Hi! 👋 Everyone’s story is different and everyone’s story is a hard road in one way or another because Satan doesn’t want anyone to realize their vocation. God has a reason or will make a reason for all the things that have happened. If God wills it and you are open to it, which it sounds like you are trying to be, then it will happen. It is hard to desire it sometimes because the truth is that it’s a really hard life and it’s not natural, because it’s supernatural, and sometimes I don’t want it either. Sometimes I wish I could just be a normal teenager, but I’m not because of this huge gift that, for some reason that I can’t even begin to fathom, God has given to me. But that feeling always passes when I think about being His bride and getting to wear my wedding dress every day and how amazing my soon to be sisters are and all the good things that I’m going to have the chance to do in the lives of my “kids” in my class room.

Beloved by Tenth Avenue North.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
Hi GilChrist77. 🙂 It’s nice to talk to people who are going through the same things I am. I’ve heard of the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. It looks like an amazing order, and it’s so wonderful that you found your vocation. I’m thinking of the cloistered Carmelites.

I like your idea about wearing a wedding dress every day. My idea is that the brides of Christ get to be married to Him not just during this life, but in Heaven too. I also hope to help my “kids” in the cloister too. 🙂
 
Last night I finally got up the nerve to email the vocations director for “my” order and I just got a response from her! I’m crying right now because it’s just so real for me now. I’m so excited about it and I can’t believe that He would really want me, but He does. I am really going to be a nun, AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
Congratulations!!! :D:D:D:D

I’m so happy for you!

What day is your entrance???

Before that day, PM us and we’ll throw a huge wedding e-party!!!😉

Congratulations Betsy, and thanks for everything!!!🙂

PM anytime,

Adi
 
Adrienne5678 said:
Congratulations!!! :D:D:D:D

I’m so happy for you! Thank you!

What day is your entrance??? Well, I haven’t even begun the application process because I’m waiting until after I go on retreat with them but the entrance date is August 28th!

Before that day, PM us and we’ll throw a huge wedding e-party!!!😉 Aww thanks! My youth minster is throwing me a nun shower. 😃

Congratulations Betsy, and thanks for everything!!!🙂 Again thank you and no problem.

PM anytime,

Adi
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JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
Hello everyone. I already introduced myself before on this forum. After I felt a “calling” to the priesthood, I decided maybe I should get more active in my church. Recently, I just started altar serving and it’s AWESOME! I didn’t make a mistake and I had the hardest part! I thank GOD for helping me not make a mistake, because surely he was with me. Our church recently started the ministry of “greeter” and I thought that would be fun to do. My mom called our church’s spiritual director who is putting this together, and she left a voicemail. I am hoping I can become a greeter! Also, our church recently held a Fish Fry this past Friday and I got to go around and pour drinks for everyone who sat down and dined with us that evening. It was so nice and fun to meet people I wasn’t really familiar with before. It was so funny too, when I was pouring drinks for one of our religious brothers and he said “Now, remember when you are ordained into holy orders, remember: I am Zach, the one among you who serves”, wittingly quoting Luke 22:27. It’s so fun and I feel happy helping out and serving my parish. I was NEVER this involved. After I get confirmed, I am going into the Ministry of Reader. Wish me luck! Just would like to share that with you.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
Hello everyone. I already introduced myself before on this forum. After I felt a “calling” to the priesthood, I decided maybe I should get more active in my church. Recently, I just started altar serving and it’s AWESOME! I didn’t make a mistake and I had the hardest part! I thank GOD for helping me not make a mistake, because surely he was with me. Our church recently started the ministry of “greeter” and I thought that would be fun to do. My mom called our church’s spiritual director who is putting this together, and she left a voicemail. I am hoping I can become a greeter! Also, our church recently held a Fish Fry this past Friday and I got to go around and pour drinks for everyone who sat down and dined with us that evening. It was so nice and fun to meet people I wasn’t really familiar with before. It was so funny too, when I was pouring drinks for one of our religious brothers and he said “Now, remember when you are ordained into holy orders, remember: I am Zach, the one among you who serves”, wittingly quoting Luke 22:27. It’s so fun and I feel happy helping out and serving my parish. I was NEVER this involved. After I get confirmed, I am going into the Ministry of Reader. Wish me luck! Just would like to share that with you.
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Yea!! That’s amazing that you are so involved!! Have fun with it and remember that your vocation will come to fruition in God’s own perfect time. I will be praying for you!

JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
Hello there! and God bless you! I am Jessica, a 13 year-old and I am considering life as a religious sister as well. I am leaning more towards ‘Yes, become a religious sister!’ than ‘No!’ Feel free to PM me or anything so we can converse. :nun1: :nun2:

God Bless you,
Jessica :crossrc: :bible1:
 
C.M.B.

Hello Jessica!! 🙂 Welcome to the thread! As you can see it’s been a long time since anyone has posted here. Maybe we can revive it again!

Since the last time I posted I discerned that I needed to wait a year and in that year I discerned that I need to finish college. Honestly I’m not even sure I’m called to the SMME anymore. I’m really interested in the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word in Alabama as well now. I do, however, know that He wants me to finish college so I’m trying really hard to focus on that and not so much on my future vocation. That’s something that’s really hard for me to do because I long so much to be there already. He’s really been teaching me a lot about patience in the past year and a half. Please pray for me as in July I’m going to be doing the screening for the Interpreter Training Program at Lansing Community College and I’m a little bit nervous about it.

In prayer,
JMJDTF +
~Betsy
 
Hi 👋

I am 18 and have been here in CAF for sometime now talking about my vocation. I just recently learned that i will be accepted into the seminary!!! Im excited but scared too. I keep trying to tell my self what John Paul the Great use to say, " Be not afraid". Im happy but im started to feel the cross! But hey no cross no crown right? Well my brothers and sisters pray for me because i am a passioniate man who seems to fall in love with every woman he sees:love:😃 And God bless you all and your search for God’s will in your life!
 
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