Novena to Saint Therese: Second Day
Saint Therese, we ask your prayers for women who have left the religious life: that, like your sister Leonie, they may come through their grief to the fullness of joy in Christ. O God, who didst inflame with Thy spirit of love the soul of Saint Therese of the Child...
Theology of the Body: Hope
By Lucia. To read the first installment of this three-part series, click here. When praying about which of the many aspects of Theology of the Body to cover in this blog series, I really felt the Holy Spirit tugging at my heart to focus most importantly on one...
Novena to Saint Therese: First Day
Leonie's Longing Prayer: Saint Therese, you knew what it was to suffer doubt and anxiety over your vocation. We ask your intercession for all those who are seeking their true calling after leaving the religious life, that they may find and know God's will. Closing...
God, the Divine Surgeon
By Emily. "Come, let us return to the Lord, for it is He who has rent, but He will heal us; He has struck us, but He will bind our wounds." (Hosea 6:1) We know by faith that God has a plan for our lives and that nothing happens unless God wills or permits it....
Giving Birth to Mary
By Guadalupana. September 8th, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, was an important day for me in religious life. Not only was it the day that I had entered religious life, but it also became my personal feast day. Sisters discerned their feast days and I chose this...
Taming the Transition TimeLion
aka the Should Syndrome. By Grace. Transition TimeLion noun: The anxious/nagging/unsettled/perturbed feeling that arises when one experiences tension between current reality and where they think they ought to be synonym: "Should Syndrome", examples may include: I...
Restless Until We Rest in You
By Josepha. Even though it has been over a year since I left the convent, I still feel like I do not know where my life is going or what God really wants for me. Great things have definitely happened in my life this past year and I don't doubt my decision of leaving...
Patience is the Companion of Wisdom
By Lucia Delgado One of my favorite saints, St. Augustine of Hippo, said this: "Patience is the companion of wisdom." In my discernment process of becoming a Franciscan sister, I thought I was patient. However, as one friend would put it, I was "eloping." My...
Theology of the Body: Faith
By Lucia. This is the first instalment of a three-part series on the Theology of the Body of Pope John Paul II, and its special meaning for women who have left the religious life. "For my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor 12:9) Have you ever thought of these...
August 15th: Solemnity of the Assumption
Many have painted her. But there was one Who drew his radiant colours from the sun. Mysteriously glowing through a background dim When he was suffering she came to him, And all the heavy pain within his heart Rose in his hands and stole into his art. His canvas is the...
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