Lives of Holiness After Vocational Disappointment
By Rosie-Gertie Whether or not a person who leaves religious life discerned that on her own, it may feel like a disappointment on some level. Here you were, ready to give yourself away in the life of religious vows, and now you are no longer in the community you...
read moreGreener Grasses
By Sean O'Neill. So heed me now, though all my quondam whimpers rise From darknesses and little deaths You did despise, Or seemed to. Your tremendous volte-face preyed each year Upon my gullibility to bend Your ear And racked this ruined soul with frames of phantom...
read moreOn the Threshold of Something Beautiful
By Cate (re-printed with kind permission from her blog Seeking Sunflowers) . I turned right one street before I needed to—the route that led to my old apartment. Shoot, I thought to myself. I'm already running late, and now I have to drive around the block and lose...
read moreDesert Poem
By Katita Luisa "Go to the desert and you'll understand”. So I went there this year. I dipped my toes in that hot sand and out of love for Him, I was soon all in with each grain rubbing against me, scratching and removing what I wanted most, purifying me and my dreams...
read moreI Wish I Had Loved Her More
By Girasol I was sitting at a table happily conversing with a group of girlfriends when I saw her walk in. She had made some attempt to look put-together, though her puffy eyes and downcast demeanor implied otherwise. I knew she struggled emotionally and had a lot of...
read moreStained Glass
By M. Cabri Over a year and a half ago when I left a religious community, everything in my life seemed to be broken. My family seemed to have fallen apart while I was thousands of miles away, and I could not seem to maintain emotional equilibrium. I alternated between...
read moreGiving Thanks
by Theresa In the United States we are celebrating Thanksgiving. It's a great time to stop and express gratitude for the many blessings in our lives. It's also a great chance for me to reflect on this day a few years ago. I returned to lay life not long before...
read moreClay in God’s Hands
By Aimee Dominique. Journaling is a means by which I prefer to pray. I dialogue with God, ask Him questions, listen to His Word and sometimes write down what I’m grateful for at the end of the day. I like to go back and re-read my prayer journals to see how God has...
read moreBook review: The Mystery of Love for the Single: a guide for those who follow the single vocation in the world
by Rosie-Gertie What? A single vocation? You may be thinking, “this book must be about the vocation of the consecrated virgin living in the world.” This book definitely speaks to a woman seeking or already living that state in life, but does not limit itself to...
read moreComing ‘Round Full Circle
by JHFamily Twenty-five years ago, I stood at the cloister door of the Poor Clares, knocked, and asked to be admitted to their community. I was young, confident, and excited to begin my new life that I just knew was going to be permanent. During the first weeks, I...
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