BLAZEr Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Eddie, The biggest danger to your happiness, to your vocation, is your imagination. To look at your vocation as a choice among many different options rather than to see that whatever vocation you have, it has been given to you by Christ. Your vocation is a gift to your life. Don't sit around wondering what it would be like one day if . . . Politician or Priest, Husband or Single, rich or poor, imagination is the enemy of your vocation. The first question you have to ask is "How does Christ move me?" In what way does the presence of Christ move you to respond . . . not in the sense of "down the road" but right now. The most important thing you can do right now is live your life. Live today. Live with a passion. Find what you are passionate for and do it like there is no tomorrow. From your passion you will discover your vocation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancesforLove Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Prayers!! Just if you are going to say you are a Catholic politician please don't turn into one who says you have to lie to make it as a politician. P.S. Invite us all to party at the white house when you make it big lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 prayers.............and votes hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted October 22, 2004 Author Share Posted October 22, 2004 I'm already associated with the Republican Party of Wisconsin, so after College, I could start right away. I won't be a lying politician I'll tell people how it is! Finally, I'll major in Political science, and minor in Catholic studies, just in case God calls me to something with the Church. NOw, I look into other colleges than a college seminary. I have to get smarter now so I can get scholorships! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 [quote name='the_rev' date='Oct 22 2004, 07:10 AM'] I'm already associated with the Republican Party of Wisconsin, so after College, I could start right away. I won't be a lying politician I'll tell people how it is! Finally, I'll major in Political science, and minor in Catholic studies, just in case God calls me to something with the Church. NOw, I look into other colleges than a college seminary. I have to get smarter now so I can get scholorships! [/quote] Imagination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanvean Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 [quote name='BLAZEr' date='Oct 22 2004, 01:00 AM']Eddie, The biggest danger to your happiness, to your vocation, is your imagination. To look at your vocation as a choice among many different options rather than to see that whatever vocation you have, it has been given to you by Christ. Your vocation is a gift to your life. Don't sit around wondering what it would be like one day if . . . Politician or Priest, Husband or Single, rich or poor, imagination is the enemy of your vocation. The first question you have to ask is "How does Christ move me?" In what way does the presence of Christ move you to respond . . . not in the sense of "down the road" but right now. The most important thing you can do right now is live your life. Live today. Live with a passion. Find what you are passionate for and do it like there is no tomorrow. From your passion you will discover your vocation.[/quote] Forgive me if I have misinterpreted you, I am often prone to. Reasoning like this is definitely true, but it sometimes seems to me like more than a little equivocation is going on. I'm going to try really hard to keep my own reasoning clear, but as a caveat, I haven't been sleeping much lately, and midterms have fried my brain more than a lot. See. I got on a tangent already. Ok. So, we shouldn't sit around all day daydreaming about "what if". I'll buy that. At best, it's just a method of self-torture. It's so much better to be doing than daydreaming. I'm not sure that I buy into the notion that our vocation shouldn't be regarded as a choice among many options. Let me explain, because that sounded bad, but I can't think of any other way to word the initial premise right now. The reasoning here strikes me as potentially deadly. There will always be so many options for our life. More than one will likely be appealing at any one time. In a sense, there is no choice to be made. What the Lord wants for our life, is what He wants. The end. However, a choice still has to be made. It's not so easy to figure out what, exactly, He does want. In this context, it strikes me that this is a pretty important choice! Ah. There always seems to be so much difference between what we want and what God wants. Of course. A lovely Passionist Nun told me that a positive inclination towards the life is a sign of a religious vocation. However, it's also true that a positive inclination towards the life does not mean that we have a religious vocation. What to do, then, when a person figures out that the only reason he or she thought that a call was present, is simply because that person wanted to be called? That's a real dillema, and I'm not sure that it's fair to chalk it up to imagination. Is it? Yes. Live with a passion. An all-consuming passion. That's good. But... we still need to have plans. Back to that choice thing: a definitive choice has to be made. It's a scary thing. For example, a person deeply in debt, with either one or two years left to their degree needs to make a choice, and stick with it. If there is a call to the religious life, then action better be taken a.s.a.p to pay back those loans. If not, then it would seem appropriate to carry on with the original plan... because the path to pay back those loans a.s.a.p really shoots ya in the foot when it comes to having any chance of, say, grad school in your field some day. I don't know. Sorry for my rambling. Feel free to ignore it. Just a few disconnected thoughts between classes(why did I stick so many one hour breaks when registering for courses? Bah.) Perhaps I should have translated everything into sentiential logic, make sure I actually make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 If you become a politician, come to my school! They know politics like no other!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted October 23, 2004 Author Share Posted October 23, 2004 what school would this be qfnol? Also, I was checking out salaries. And the salary for a US senator is $158,100.00 Is that alot or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityAddiction Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 Wow! Prayers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 [quote name='the_rev' date='Oct 23 2004, 10:34 AM'] Also, I was checking out salaries. And the salary for a US senator is $158,100.00 Is that alot or not? [/quote] That's a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeteenchick527 Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 rev...i hope everything goes well!! ill be praying for you!! ~GOD BLESS~ ~LTC~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForHimAlone Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 Eddie, praised be Jesus Christ! It is a wonderful thing to be always looking for the movements of God in our soul. Perhaps, God wishes you to become a priest, perhaps a politician. In His own good time, He will show you. Just keep trusting in Him. I have a very good friend who was in a seminary for two years, but left. He's now in Canada studying to be a Canon Lawyer! Oh, the plans God has for us... You are in my prayers, my fellow Wisonsinite! Talk to you soon. ~Kathleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted October 24, 2004 Author Share Posted October 24, 2004 These are the offices I would run for if I am to pursue Politics. I would like to run for a mayoral or governor position also. That pay is not available since none are up for re-election. State Senate and Assembly: $45,569 US Senate and US Representative: $158,100 I realize the US office pays well. But how bout the two state ones? That’s enough to live off of right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea348 Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 [quote name='the_rev' date='Oct 24 2004, 11:50 AM'] State Senate and Assembly: $45,569 US Senate and US Representative: $158,100 I realize the US office pays well. But how bout the two state ones? That’s enough to live off of right? [/quote] I think that's plenty enough to live on. Starting teacher salaries in my area start between $25,000 and $30,000. That's what I'm looking at...I think that $45,000 would more than enough to live on unless you plan on living an extravagant life style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted October 24, 2004 Author Share Posted October 24, 2004 Cool beans! I'm in to be a politician for life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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