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Anonymous asked:
Dear Father Shane, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! My question is: I'm already 28 years old. I want to travel the world, have fun, be pretty, etc. However, whenever I read the bible, go to Mass, and pray the Rosary more than usual, I feel that I shouldn't aspire to be having fun, but discern a religious vocation of becoming a nun instead. I'm not sure if I'm just being scrupulous or if God is leading me to be a nun. Should I go travel or stay home? Help! God bless!
lol, you should totally ask a nun if she travels the world more than you do (a lot of them do), has more fun than you do (almost all of them do, guaranteed) and feels prettier than you do (she'll surprise you with her answer)!
Just sayin'. ;-) If you doubt any of that, catholicninja can help you out.
May God bless you abundantly!
- Father Shane
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Imagine Sisters
Imagine Sisters is a web and campus-based movement created by a friend of mine that aims to inspire the imaginations of young women to consider the beautiful call to consecrated life as a sister. With the guiding truth that one sister can change the world, Imagine Sisters strives to connect the world with sisters passionately embracing their call to serve the Lord.
Please check out their Facebook page and website!
All you Catholic tumblrs out there, reblog!!
It Is Complete
The askbox is open!
Maybe we can leave it open for 48 hours or so, and then close it to answer the batch. All these questions are always really worthwhile.
But here's the new twist... I've just started a new Tumblr called Vocation Questions. My goal is to leave the askbox there always open, but exclusively for discernment questions. I had been getting lots of personal vocation questions, and those are even more special than the usual questions, so I figured they merited special treatment.
Think it'll work?
The Eucharist should be the heart of every vocational journey: it is here that the love of God touches us in Christ’s sacrifice, the perfect expression of love, and it is here that we learn ever anew how to live according to the “high standard” of God’s love.
Pope Benedict XVI (2012 World Day of Vocations message, just released)
Source: vatican.va
Luke 18:28-30
Peter: We have given up our possessions and followed you.
Jesus: Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God who will not receive [back] an overabundant return in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.
GPSConnection.org
Seeking God's plan for you? We will match your prayer time.
They'll do adoration for your vocation if you pray too. How's that for a good deal?
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"God used her to change the world. What will God do with your Yes?"
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Congratulations!
Sister Ignatia!!!!!
My household twin became a nun yesterday! This just made my entire week.
Now I’ll have to work on not calling her Jordan (that’ll be a train wreck)
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A vocation is the call God has for each of us to make something of our lives. God calls each one of us without exception. A pilgrimage is a great time to reflect on what the Lord calls us to. To ask what is pleasing to him. Is it to be a father, a mother, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer? Is it to be a priest or a sister, or a deacon? Most of us want to do what we want to do. But what we should want to do is what God wants us to do.
Archbishop Charles Chaput (Philadelphia-designate)
Source: usccbmedia.blogspot.com
A video that sums up why I'm a priest... As long as folks out there live like this, I've got a mission.
Anonymous asked:
I feel I have a deep calling in my vocation... But I am not sure which vocation God has designed for me. How can one discern a religious calling?
Here's a short little thing I wrote a little while back, with some links. Hope it helps! If you have more specific questions, feel free to get in touch!
God bless you and count on my prayers in this exciting time of discovery...
- Father Shane