tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post8435895133064545970..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Entering Religious LifeBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-51538471317540084022008-11-07T14:16:00.000-05:002008-11-07T14:16:00.000-05:00hi again, Fr. C! i've never seen the movie, "The N...hi again, Fr. C! <BR/>i've never seen the movie, "The Nun's Story, either. i think that i will try to watch it when i can. i watched part of the clip that you posted and you got me hooked, too! :) thanks! see you tomorrow!<BR/>PEACE!<BR/>tara tfor narniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338090370392971487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-50895432157357467362008-11-07T08:53:00.000-05:002008-11-07T08:53:00.000-05:00Tara,thanks for a little more of your story! It's ...Tara,<BR/>thanks for a little more of your story! It's funny but for me too I was never really a "parishioner" until after my first experience of religious life.<BR/><BR/>Pia,<BR/>It's a wonderful movie, isn't it? I think, however, that it was viewed suspiciously by Catholics when it came out because some of Sr. Luke's sufferings seem meaningless and unredeemeed, and because (spoiler alert!) she leaves in the end. One friar told me that the film delayed his vocation because he was worried he would never see his family again.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-85834724398451564062008-11-07T08:46:00.000-05:002008-11-07T08:46:00.000-05:00Beautiful post...now you've got me hooked on watch...Beautiful post...now you've got me hooked on watching the rest of the movie. I was on youtube all evening last night and will continue this afternooon. I've always been an Audrey Hepburn fan, but I'm ashamed to say I've never seen this film!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-26524575904268677962008-11-06T23:20:00.000-05:002008-11-06T23:20:00.000-05:00very beautiful sharing, Fr. C! i offer my prayers...very beautiful sharing, Fr. C! i offer my prayers for you and your first vocation director. i'm glad that you gave religious life another try after the first time. it's a blessing that you have joined the Capuchin community, too! the Capuchins are a very special community! i, too, entered religious life (Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) which was a teaching order, right after graduating high school. i really didn't have any expectations, but didn't last long there (only about two weeks.) anyway, it was after i left that i really started getting involved in parish life; became a member of the Secular order of St. Francis; really got to know St. Francis of Assisi and St. Therese of Lisieux through reading books about them; met some Capuchin friars and also the Franciscan friars & sisters of the Atonement at Graymoor. i've been content for the most part as a working single person who has been involved in different ministries (mostly in parishes.) sometimes i wonder if i'm fulfilling God's will and sometimes get a feeling of restlessness, but i guess this is normal? i think that in a way (no matter what our state in life is) that we will always be a little restless because, as the saying goes: "our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, O Lord." (i don't remember where this comes from, but it makes sense. maybe it's natural to be searching a little bit, because i think that this keeps us growing in our faith and keeps us on the path that leads to God. <BR/>PAX ET BONUM, Fr. C!<BR/>tara tfor narniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338090370392971487noreply@blogger.com