“Christ is calling you; the Church needs you; the Pope believes in you and he expects great things of you!” My life would never be the same as the words of John Paul II coursed through my mind and beat with fervor in my heart. Me? Could he possibly mean me? Like many others, I felt Pope John Paul II was speaking directly to me as I sat behind him in the nose-bleed section of the stadium in Saint Louis. Throughout my high school years after this encounter, the idea of having a possible vocation to the religious life shocked and bewildered me, but at the same time brought me such peace. As each year came and went, my relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church grew with greater depth, understanding, and love. Through daily mass, Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, Scripture and God’s divine intervention through his priests and religious, I soon realized that, yes, the Pope did mean me. Christ was calling me and how could I say no? After one year of college, I soon came to the realizatio
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Congratulations and thank you for being witnesses to Love!
Certainly His love is spreading in the various places where you serve!
What wonders are in store for you in the future, where you will be missioned, how many souls you will lead by example!
Are any of you making your final profession this year?
God bless each of you!
You are in my prayers and I beg yours in return!
a grateful reader
I've come across your blog through the Institute on Religious Life website, and I visit here from time to time to see what's going on with you.
Wow-twenty three YOUNG Sisters in your Junior Professed! I'm impressed!
I'm much older than all of you (mid-50s, if you must know!), and I know that you wouldn't accept anyone of my age in your community. But I am glad to see that there are young women who are willing to accept the call to consecrate their lives to Our Lord and to His Holy Church.
Best wishes to the Junior Professed!
A 'viewer' from Upstate NY