This clip hit HOME for me and was so beautiful to see discussed. So much of the anxiety that surrounded my own discernment was this tension between the fact that I didn’t really want to be a nun and was finding joy in the relationship/life I was living, and the feeling that I should be willing to consider the religious life/worrying that I was ‘missing out’ on God’s will because I was being selfish with my desires. I still remember talking with a priest about my discernment and being floored when he asked “But do you really want to be a nun?”
I didn’t even realize I should be asking myself that seriously. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Elise! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughtful comment! I'm glad you had a good priest in your life while you were discerning :)
I do think in some circles the message around vocation tends to really pit our desires against God's will - but the Church has a LONG tradition of taking very seriously the reality of human desire in the life of faith. Don't get me wrong, sometimes we know God's will and DON'T want to do it (concupiscence) but in the case of vocation I just don't see a reason to load the whole process up with pressure and guilt. As far as I can tell, God's call to religious life and priesthood are a romance, not an ultimatum.
Ashley and I talk more about that in the full episode - it'll be out on January 2.
St. Josémaria Escrivá said that "because I want to" is the most supernatural reason!
Love that! The guy knew what he was talking about!
This clip hit HOME for me and was so beautiful to see discussed. So much of the anxiety that surrounded my own discernment was this tension between the fact that I didn’t really want to be a nun and was finding joy in the relationship/life I was living, and the feeling that I should be willing to consider the religious life/worrying that I was ‘missing out’ on God’s will because I was being selfish with my desires. I still remember talking with a priest about my discernment and being floored when he asked “But do you really want to be a nun?”
I didn’t even realize I should be asking myself that seriously. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Elise! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughtful comment! I'm glad you had a good priest in your life while you were discerning :)
I do think in some circles the message around vocation tends to really pit our desires against God's will - but the Church has a LONG tradition of taking very seriously the reality of human desire in the life of faith. Don't get me wrong, sometimes we know God's will and DON'T want to do it (concupiscence) but in the case of vocation I just don't see a reason to load the whole process up with pressure and guilt. As far as I can tell, God's call to religious life and priesthood are a romance, not an ultimatum.
Ashley and I talk more about that in the full episode - it'll be out on January 2.