the171 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 The community I am aspiring for would choose my name. BUT WHO SAYS I CAN'T MAKE SUGGESTIONS? After I think of some.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3franciscans Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 suggestions.... like leaving notes EVERYWHERE and staring off into space, smiling faintly and saying the same name over and over again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 [quote name='beatitude' timestamp='1320445291' post='2331424'] Having come to terms with the rather sad fact that I'll never have a religious name (something I was really looking forward to when I thought I had a vocation to religious life), I'll share what I would have wanted mine to be: Sister Mary Emmanuel of the Incarnation. God incarnate is the lynchpin of my spirituality. It is also the reason why I am a Christian. It expresses the meaning of Emmanuel - God-with-us - in such a profound way. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3franciscans Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 maybe they are more like hints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 [quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1320446493' post='2331431'] maybe they are more like hints [/quote] Yeah. Maybe a bit, too, subtle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 [quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1320446478' post='2331429'] suggestions.... like leaving notes EVERYWHERE and staring off into space, smiling faintly and saying the same name over and over again [/quote] I've met a Sister whose Sisters said was not very subtle about her name suggestion. I heard that she would bring up her Saint (a rather obscure one) whenever possible. And then would get really excited whenever there was a mention of anything slightly related to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3franciscans Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 [quote name='the171' timestamp='1320446677' post='2331433'] Yeah. Maybe a bit, too, subtle? [/quote] Oh of course! I could think of more "hints" if I had time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 heheh, marbles under the mattress like Sr.Colleen did... those darn Salesians. hahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandelynmarie Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 [quote name='beatitude' timestamp='1320445291' post='2331424'] Having come to terms with the rather sad fact that I'll never have a religious name (something I was really looking forward to when I thought I had a vocation to religious life), I'll share what I would have wanted mine to be: Sister Mary Emmanuel of the Incarnation. God incarnate is the lynchpin of my spirituality. It is also the reason why I am a Christian. It expresses the meaning of Emmanuel - God-with-us - in such a profound way. [/quote] Sounds very Dominican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatitude Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) What makes you say that? I don't know very much about Dominican spirituality, and I'm always keen to learn more. * Edited for grammar. Edited November 4, 2011 by beatitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandelynmarie Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) This is just my understanding of it...Dominicans have a great love of Jesus as the Incarnate Living Word. Here is an excerpt of an article: [url="http://www.domlife.org/beingdominican/tradition/tradition_introduction.htm"]http://www.domlife.o...ntroduction.htm[/url] [left][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]Men and women of the Order of Preachers, the [i]Dominicans[/i], have been on mission in the United States for more than two centuries. The mission given them by [url="http://www.domlife.org/beingdominican/WhoWeAre/DominicdeGuzman.htm"][b]Dominic de Guzman[/b][/url](1170-1221) from the founding of the Order, is to proclaim the Word of God by preaching, teaching and example, while sustained by life in common. [/font][/left][left][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]Dominican spirituality is centered in the [b]Word of God.[/b][/font][/left][list] [*][i][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]The creative Word[/font][/i][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif] has been proclaimed by such members [/font] [font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]as[url="http://www.domlife.org/beingdominican/tradition/ThomasAquinas.htm"] [b]Thomas Aquinas[/b][/url] and[url="http://www.domlife.org/beingdominican/tradition/MeisterEckhart.htm"] [b]Meister Eickhart.[/b] [/url][/font] [*][i][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]The incarnate Word[/font][/i][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif] has been proclaimed by[url="http://www.domlife.org/beingdominican/tradition/CatherineofSiena.htm"] [b]Catherine of Siena[/b][/url]and all who contemplate and preach the mystery of Jesus Christ. [/font] [*][i][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]The revealed Word [/font][/i][font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]has engaged those who have studied and taught theology and Scripture in every century. [/font] [/list] [font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif]But now that I think about it, you wrote Incarnation as Christ, True God & True Man? Maybe I read too much into it, [/font] [font=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif][/font] Edited November 5, 2011 by brandelynmarie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccountDeleted Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I just wish that one name would dig itself deep into my brain and stay there but I don't have a lot of favourites and I like so many names that I can never decide - I want it to be special to me, but so far, nothing strike me. I have a deep affection fro St Michael but having had that name twice before in places where things didn't work out, I hesitate to try it again. I love St Teresa but don't like the name Teresa very much. I love St John of the Cross but his name has bad connations for me after something that happened at the last Carmel, so I started thinking of Benedictine names but just don't know.... Anyway.... who knows if I will ever need one, and if I do, maybe I should just trust the Abbess to come up with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Okay, after MORE thought I REALLY like Sr. Mary-Therese of the Visitation and the Seven Sorrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Something with the title "of the Eternal High Priest" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare~Therese Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 [quote name='the171' timestamp='1320454083' post='2331526'] Something with the title "of the Eternal High Priest" [/quote] That's razzle dazzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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