Posted on 06/18/2024 1:48:05 AM PDT by Cronos
While faith has always been important to Catherine, 26, she did not always plan on joining a religious order. "I'd had this dream of getting married and having seven children - you know, proper Catholic, you need to have lots of babies, right?".
Yet here she is, part of a small group of women in a convent on the edge of Dereham, a small Norfolk town. Growing up a Catholic and working for the local diocese, .
She initially had doubts about joining them, working instead as an au pair in Austria. She hoped to find "a nice, handsome man", but that did not happen.
"There were lots of moments on my day off I'd go exploring some of the beautiful surroundings," she says. "And I can remember those times where I'd come across a chapel or a church and have that real sense of deep peace - almost a sense of being held - in God's presence. "And so I realised this desire to belong totally to God was still there."
Shortly after the first Covid lockdown, Sister Catherine joined the convent of The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham, based in a converted barn. "I thought I'd give it three weeks. Almost four years later, I'm still here," she says. A typical day involves at least three hours in prayer and silent contemplation.
But Catherine and the other sisters are also involved in the community, giving talks in schools, working in prisons and also with university students. They also maintain the convent and its grounds, as well as its website and social media channels.
...She met "some really joyful sisters" and says that, through prayer, she came to trust that what God wanted "is what's best for me".
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Now, THAT’s IMPRESSIVE!
I only checked eight or ten of those links — every one was YOU setting HIM straight - rightly dividing the Word and refuting error after error.
Rebuking him sharply, that he may be sound in the faith, not devoting himself to Catholic myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
Glory to God for what is good. Saving past responses saves time and energy, esp. with my stiff arthritic typo-fingers, when dealing with repeated assertions and argument,
Well, does it really? I think if we do things *for God’s sake,* or to give Him glory, then yes, it is serving God
Even then, we can still have underlying ulterior motives, but to say that anything anyone does to improve society counts as serving God? I am not sure I agree with that.
What makes being fruitful and multiplying higher than serving God? As we can see, many are F&M without a thought to or about God.
Consider Matthew 19:12: For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Some people are unable to have children, but there are those who decide not to “for the sake of the kingdom of God.” The next sentence indicates that this is a great sacrifice, only some are able to do it.
So I would say that serving God is higher than being fruitful and multiplying.
We agree that not all can "be fruitful and multiply" for all sorts of reasons. For those who can't or don't, perhaps, it is God's way of providing support to those who can "be fruitful and multiply." In any event, if we DO NOT "be fruitful and multiply," then soon there will be no one left to serve God. We will not renew ourselves.
Right?
As a mom of 4, I am a proponent of multiplying 😅😅😅
As a mom of 4, I am a proponent of multiplying 😅😅😅
Being a Mom is absolutely the most important and challenging job on the planet.
GOD BLESS YOU!
Everything you wrote is this post is 100% right.
Thank you!
100%
Thank you!
Thank you!
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