They say the quality of questions you ask yourself says a lot about you. The questions you ask yourself DEFINTELY make a difference in how you are “forming” your thought patterns.
Religious Life
Family Response to Vocations | Sr. Gloria Therese
My parents come from different faith backgrounds, but they both had the same joyful openness to my vocation, they understood that my heart was with the California Carmelites! My Catholic father’s mother always wanted a religious in the family, so Dad in his own quiet way was pretty proud to see that his daughter had a vocation to religious life.
Authenticity – Embracing who we are, exactly how God made us
Authenticity. First of all, what is it? The following words or phrases are often synonymously used with authenticity: genuineness, trustworthy, true, real, honesty…
Experiencing True Joy in the Midst of the Cross
Joy is a fruit of the Spirit that can only flourish when we are utterly convinced that our lives are held within the hands of our loving Father. We must believe with every fiber of our being that nothing can touch us without His consent and that He only allows what can bring about abundant good fruit.
The Experience of Joy
Joy is a supernatural gift from the Holy Spirit, one of the fruits, an outpouring of God’s love. When I experience joy, I have an up-lifting of my entire being to God, my heart is overflowing with His love, and it flows out to those around me.
Community Life: Our Religious Family
What does it mean to be a life-long member of this religious family? It means that we strive to know and love each other as we are. Not as we think we should be, not as we hope we would be, but simply as we are.
The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy
We too must learn to trust, be vulnerable, share sorrows and joys, contribute, grow and mature, and yes, make mistakes and start over again. But that is what makes it all so worth the effort. The rewards are out of this world!
Our Religious Family
What does it mean to be a life-long member of this religious family? It means that we strive to know and love each other as we are. Not as we think we should be, not as we hope we would be, but simply as we are.