DiscerningCatholic Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I've always just had this feeling that I wouldn't live to be really old AND that I'd die as a martyr. I don't take the thoughts too seriously, but I feel like I'm weird because A.) I want to enter the convent and B.) I have these kinds of thoughts. I am not suicidal. Let me get that out there. :) I won't go looking to get martyred; I'm not insane. But I was just wondering I am the only person who has thought about things like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 It's actually a pretty common feeling, in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Bombay Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I'd love to be a martyr as long as there was no torture involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I'm with BM, I've heard numerous people say they don't expect to live long/didn't expect to live beyond a certain age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 Everyone I've told this to got all, "Oh my gosh, aren't you scared? I'd be scared out of my skin if I ever thought that I'd die young!" And I'm like..."No..." But if I die young, don't bury me in satin and throw me in the river at dawn. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 that song is so emo, its embarrassing. i could be a martyr if they killed me quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 you'll probably live to be 110... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 that song is so emo, its embarrassing. I've never heard the whole song. Just the first like, 2 lines. :| I just wanted to use that phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 you'll probably live to be 110... That's exactly what I thought after I posted this...Like, "Watch me live to be 110 and die of old age." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I'd love to be a martyr as long as there was no torture involved. Good luck with that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I went through a period where I did think that I would die young. Now I'm more open to other options. But I'm so often such a scrunched up ball of anxiety that I wouldn't be too surprised if my heart wound up in dissent with the rest of my body 20-30 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I went through a period where I did think that I would die young. Now I'm more open to other options. I'm not closed to dying old; I honestly don't care how old I am when I die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I just hope I never end up in a nursing home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToJesusMyHeart Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 My rooommate feels the same way as you. I always ask her how her discernment is coming and she always replies that she just can't see herself fulfilling either vocation because she feels like she will die (be martyred) before she a) enters the convent or b) gets married. So like everyone else said, it's quite a common feeling. Who knows if you or my roommate or any of the many others who have these feelings will actually die as martyrs? God knows, but we can't. (Unless someone is a prophet on here...... :o ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 If I'm martyred, I want to go down in a cool way. The firing squad is too boring. I wanna go down Edmund Campion style so I can brag about it in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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