Where I am at in my discernment

Hello,

I apologize for this email going to all of you en masse, however although I would like to communicate with all of you individually, because of the time demands I now face as a full time graduate student I have significantly cut my time on the computer. In order to shorten the amount of time, I'm doing this massive email to anyone I think would be of interest: friends, acquaintances, and sisters who have been so kind to help me during the past year as I discerned religious life.

I am called to be a religious, but over the last week God has really spoken to me in my heart and I am now seriously considering the Dominican order. I have set things into motion to discern more carefully within the Domincan order. Now, if things were to fall through, I'd still like to be in touch with you (especially those who are in frequent contact - letter, email, etc - and you know who you are).

As for my friends who are getting this, I know it's different that what some of you would be expecting, but I've been in discernment for little more than a year now and I'm so glad and happy and at peace when I think of following the Lord. I pray that you understand.

~*~

Why I have been away:
Middle of August: Cape Cod and Boston, Massachusetts 2 week vacation
Late August: MSW orientation Aug 21-24th, then first week of school on Aug 27th

I have so much reading to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I go to bed around 12-1pm each night and I get up at 5am for my commute downtown for my 8am classes. A little less than sane.

I would love to share more with you, but I didn't bring my notebook with me that has my reflections in it. I can only share the two below:

• Our God is a God of Honor.
• We have physical union with Christ in the Eucharist.

back in town

returned august 20th.

busy.

Vacation

I will be away for a short while where I cannot access the internet. I will read and reply to you upon my return at my own convenience.

You can email me, leave comments, or even write letters. All I will not be able to respond to until I return ... but I'd love it all the same!

If you do want to write:

Miss Singer
PO Box 2939
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274

I'll see you all in a short while. By then I should have done sufficient reading to have some pithy quotes to post, at least!

Take Care,
~ Megan

A cheeky aside

Patience is a virtue

To be Christ-like, yet reject those who actively try to be like Christ?

We as Christians are called to be like Christ. What does it look like to be like Christ? Self-sacrifice, loss of family and friends, renunciation of the world, being grounded in the Will and desires of the Father more than any other thing; a fostering of a multitude of virtues.

Could there be a lifestyle that would embody this likeness of Christ? We could say we find it in the life of priests, sisters, monks, nuns, and brothers.

If we are called to be like Christ, and to embrace Him, as the Son of God and the Son of Man ... why do we find a rejection of those who endeavor to live like Him?

In fewer words, why among even devout Catholics, is there such a distancing from those with a vocation?

** Thursday Edit**

Hidden One, I think you hit the nail on the head. Many people say "Lord bring us more vocations, but not my son or daughter!" It's guilt-tripping us for actually "daring" to listen to the Lord. Heck, I don't want to be one of those Christians, who say they love God and give their life to Him, but don't. I don't want to have to learn what that means on Judgment Day! Already we know that the Lord will be disgusted by those who are complacent (ie, Revelation's passage that says He will spit out the complacent like cold soup); what will be His reaction to those who truly are hipocrites (spelling?) ?