A consecrated virgin captures her life in a blog [Catholic Caucus]

Deacon's Bench ^ | January 2009 | Deacon Greg Kandra

[Kolokotronis]

“Consecrated virgins and widows are mentioned in Scripture; the practice is very ancient.”

Indeed they are. They lived in the temple, Campion, and later, after the rise of monasticism in the 4th century, mostly in monasteries. The deaconnesses of course, lived at the churches. This young woman, as I said, and I feel this way about all celibates, should be in a monastery unless there is a place for her to live actually within a church.

“She’s not “calling attention to herself” any more than a postulant nun would be.”

Do they post on the internet too? It seems... “unseemly”, not “comme il faut”.

[rwfromkansas]

“Our pleasure and bliss will come from our perfect intimacy with God, not our imperfect intimacy with our spouses.”

Very thoughtful way of putting it. Interesting.

[rwfromkansas]

I have seen that passage before, but I would point to other texts regarding marriage as a blessed union and forbidding marriage being wrong etc.

But, I didn’t come to argue, just to give my point of view.

I found another poster’s point about giving everything to God here, even submitting the sexuality to God, to be a profound one.

[Red Reign]

My observation is that an unmarried woman is anxious about how she can please a man to the point that he'll marry her, and a virgin over a certain age is anxious about how she can change her status. __________________________________________________________ That is a generalization, and while it may be true, it is NOT what this particular girl is all about. She seems to be the exception to most girls these days.

[Red Reign]

Oh dear. I suppose I’ll never understand the Latin Church, especially in its American form. I am, no doubt, the only one who sees this as prideful, as a method of calling attention to herself. I say this as this consecration is broadcast on an internet blog! She should be in a monastery.

I, for one, hope as many people as possible see this girl's blog. What better role model could young girls have these days? (Other than our Blessed Mother, of course!) Turn on any TV show, movie, or commercial, or pick up any magazine, and you're likely to find the promotion of promiscuity. I look at this girl's blog and think "Score one for our side!". Let us have this one little victory, will you?

[tiki]

Actually, it doesn’t. It is very Catholic to view your life as a vocation to God. For some it is the priesthood, for some it is to live in an unmarried state and concentrate on God and for the some it is to be a spouse with children and to live in the world. All are valid and holy choices.