Have you ever felt rejected by God or the church as you try to enter religious life? This can be an utterly heartbreaking experience. When faced with “No” as a response to the desire to enter religious life, one might feel that they are being rejected by God or the church, that they’re undesirable, or too broken for religious life. But in reality, that is not the case.
This decision culminates in carefully assessing one’s discernment, capacity, and the call they felt into religious life. This episode speaks more about that in hopes of explaining the reasons behind those decisions and encountering the hurt and vulnerability in these situations.
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Into The Desert
There are several practices that we are preparing to do during this Lent. But this time of year shouldn’t only be a project we must fulfill but rather an opportunity. Lent is an opportunity to exercise a posture of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and surrender. We surrender to someone, to a relationship that matters, to God. In this episode, we will talk…
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Remember Like Mary
Do you remember Jesus and what he did? The most consistent word Mary spoke to Fr. Jeremiah was “remember. ” When we don’t know what to do or how to act, Mary tells us to remember her son, Jesus’ actions. That was the case for Fr. Jeremiah, and this is an invitation that extends to all of us. There is a richness and importance that Mary plays for us not to have her be a part of our spiritual life. This episode invites us…
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I Can’t He Can
When we struggle it can be really difficult and sometimes we even face impossible situations that may feel like there’s no answer. In our poverty, there’s the need to admit were powerless—that life is not okay anymore and figure out what do we do…
