While many find vocational discernment to be a puzzle or a project, now there's an app for that! While it's not a surefire easy fix, it does offer some great resources for prayer and discernment. The tools include prayers, reflections, and meditations to deepen one's prayer life in preparation for saying 'yes' to wherever God calls. Developed by the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, the app is free and available for iPhone and Android devices. Visit this website to download it.
Recently, I found a reflection I had written during my first retreat as a postulant. The last conference that had been given was on Spiritual Motherhood. As I approached the 4 th Station where Jesus meets His Sorrowful Mother, this is what struck my heart: What is the sacrificial love of a mother? It is the self-sacrifice made to love her children. Mary’s self-sacrifice to be there with Christ, her Son, in His passion was the selfless love that united her with Him. Her heart was pierced with 7 swords in the agony of watching her beloved Son endure a cross that He did not deserve, but which He embraced for the love of the Father and mankind. Could she not have said to Jesus, “You don’t have to do this, there are other ways. Do you know how much pain You are causing me and those who love you?” She knew He could have chosen any other way t...
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