A Blog Post: Vocation/discernment Story Of A Married Woman

[ChristinaTherese]

Okay, so she is, in fact, married. But, the post is very good and I thought it belonged here. Also, her whole blog is really good and you might be interested in reading it if you read blogs. Check it out, and look at her "cloistered heart" analogy! http://www.thecloisteredheart.org/2012/11/the-call.html

[nikita92]

She is not alone. Thank you for posting!

[Gemma]

What she is doing is considered a charism by her bishop, since she is creating a lay association though this concept. The Cloister/hermitage of the heart is of the utmost importance, and once one has learned how to do it will indeed become a way of life. One will also begin to crave silence.

Learning to live in the silences which are available is also key to keeping up this interior recollection. A vacant stretch of wall, an unoccupied corner, etc.

Blessings,
Gemma

[Totally Franciscan]

I had always thought that my vocation was cloister of the heart. I long for silence and am at peace in it.

[Gemma]

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I had always thought that my vocation was cloister of the heart. I long for silence and am at peace in it.
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We have a group called "cloister of the heart":

Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cloisteroftheheart/

Blessings,
Gemma