Annie12 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I'm beginning to understand that a Vocation to Religious Life is all about LOVE! Okay... you're probably thinking "duh!"...right? Well, yeah, It took me a while to figure this out. I had always thought it was about me. I was totally wrong! So inconceivably WRONG! It took a huge grace to get me to understand what love is. I was running away from where God was leading me because I didn't understand Love. But, then I realized that Christ Crucified is pure love. Like, there is no love higher than Christ crucified! And when you think about how much God loves his human creation, that he would 1. become man 2. suffer brutal beating and 3. Die all because he loves us because he didn't want us to die, because we deserved to have that fate, it is incredibly humbling. Pondering this and realize that it didn't end there, but, that he gives of himself still today through the Eucharist. HOW CAN YOU NOT FALL IN LOVE?!?! What ever Vocation I, or anyone who is reading this has been given, it is all about Love! LOVE my friends! The giving and not receiving. Knowing that the nucleus of true peace is love. If we strive to give of ourselves rather than to receive (money, grace, food, clothing, whatever!) There will be true peace in your life! Praise be to God! God will surprise you with just how awesome he really is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarysLittleFlower Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 That's so true Annie! :) I'm hoping to realize this more too. Please pray for me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitpèlerin Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I'm not thinking "duh" at all, I'm thinking what a great revelation that is! And how I had a similar one last spring. It happened to me in the basilica of the Sacred Heart in Paray-le-Monial, France (where St Margaret Mary Alacoque received the apparitions), at mass, on the feast of Pentecost, with the house packed full of a religious community that is full of love for God and each other. (I really am that dense that it takes some extreme forms of grace, and tangible signs, to penetrate my thick skull.) I just sort of realized that it really is all about love, and that's all. Could it be any simpler? Could it be any better? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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