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I see value in some solitude in studying and praying, I just don't see any command or Biblical example of people completely separated from society for their whole life to do nothing but pray and study. How does that fulfill the great commission of "going out into all the world and PREACHING the Gospel" or taking care of the needy? Answer is...it doesn't.

I agree...and even this nun questioned this.. which evidences the Lord was attempting to reach her about this very thing.

Unfortunately she sought out a Priest, it appears. Once again seeking mans wisdom can often times lead one back into the dungeon the Lord is trying to bring them out of. They would have done her far better allowing her to go out into the world for a time. Sadly her life was never lived out...it was lived within a prison wall IMO.

36 posted on 07/01/2011 11:58:26 PM PDT by caww

A prison is an involuntary commitment.

How was her decision to be a cloistered nun imprisonment?

37 posted on 07/02/2011 7:35:44 AM PDT by Judith Anne ( Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)

I agree...and even this nun questioned this.. which evidences the Lord was attempting to reach her about this very thing

How is questioning her vocation any evidence of the Lord attempting to reach her? I suspect many people question their vocation, no matter what their occupation. There is no reason to assume that the Lord was behind her questions. For all you know, she may have gotten a letter from an old boyfriend.

38 posted on 07/02/2011 7:40:38 AM PDT by Judith Anne ( Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)

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