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Battle_Warrior
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What vocation do you feel called to??? For me its the single or Religious life.
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Theophorus
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Where does the Priesthood fit in your list?
We all share the common vocation of a call to holiness, to see the face of God.
This is the vocation I feel called to; to be a Catholic Christian and, one day, meet our Lord face to face. May He have mercy on me that day!
We all share the common vocation of a call to holiness, to see the face of God.
This is the vocation I feel called to; to be a Catholic Christian and, one day, meet our Lord face to face. May He have mercy on me that day!
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Lost_Wanderer
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Marriage.
I believe a trip through my mind will give you more than enough reasons to say I’m not fit for the priesthood.
That and my friends tell me I’d be less of a douche if I get a girlfriend (even though they’re ones to talk
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I believe a trip through my mind will give you more than enough reasons to say I’m not fit for the priesthood.
That and my friends tell me I’d be less of a douche if I get a girlfriend (even though they’re ones to talk
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m134e5
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I find it very strange that you didn’t even mention the priesthood.
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Dempsey1919
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Personally, I don’t think the single life is a good option. The Church in this age has a great need for priests and religious, both male and female. All single people should at least consider the religious life before they commit to living the single life.
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RosaryFan
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Well, since I’m married with a child, I chose “Marriage”. However, there was a time when I was a young girl that I considered being a religious sister. Even now, I think about it from time to time. I am happily married, but I do wonder about it sometimes.
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RosaryFan
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I don’t think people necessarily “commit” to living a single life. It kind of just happens. My sister never met the right man, and she is now nearing 40 and still single. She spent many years hurting and wanting to marry, and didn’t until recently come to peace with and embrace her single life. She never had a calling to the religious life, so for her to consider it, would be like someone considering any lifestyle that doesn’t appeal to them.
She is a busy career woman who does more than 50% travel for her job. She LOVES her job and is very successful. I don’t think religious life is something that just any person can consider, just because they happen to be single. Like married life and single life, it is a calling. God calls people to the single life as well. It’s just that sometimes we don’t realize it.
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RosaryFan
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Religious life includes the priesthood, doesn’t it?? Priest, deacon, sister, nun. They are all religious in my book. I think the OP didn’t specify because it depends on whether you are male or female, so “religious life” covers both.
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Nowhere_Man
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No. The “Religious Life” is another term for those who are consecrated, and take the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to their superior. For males this would be monks, friars, and canons regular, who may either be lay brothers, or (for the most part) ordained to the diaconate or priesthood. And for females this would be nuns or religious sisters.
The Diocesan priesthood is a whole other vocation. Diocesan priests do not make the three vows, but they do make promises of celibacy and obedience to their Bishop.
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cecilia97
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The single life…after trying to force it by marrying very stupidly. Now, divorced and “annulled”, I find being single a much better way for me to stay focused on God and the work He has prepared for me. I do not currently feel called to religious life.
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mark_avery
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Single c c c can anyone hear me…
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