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To: markomalley

While there are times that I almost yearn to join the religious life, I realize that it must be very challenging. It cannot be an easy life, and I can imagine that only a small percentage of people are capable of accepting its rigours.


24 posted on 10/31/2013 9:53:32 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

I think that many people perceive the religious vocation as difficult, and the married vocation as easy. To that I say, “Unnngh.”


26 posted on 10/31/2013 11:17:43 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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