"I have loved you with an everlasting love...And I know the plans I have for you says the Lord"
Jeremiah:29-31
I'm starting on a new journey today! The journey of consecrated life with the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle. I've been on this road for several years, even before I became Catholic. After my conversion to Christianity in 2012 I had a strong desire to dedicate the rest of my life to God but I didn't know exactly in what way. There are many ways to serve the Kingdom of God, as a priest, religious, missionary, dedicated married and family lifebut for me I believe the Lord is calling me to total dedication to himself and the church through consecrated secular life. I will (God willing) take the vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience as religious do, but live it "in the world" My group will be meeting today to officially start my formation as an Auxiliary of the Cenacle. I have no idea how this will turn out or if my call is genuine. These words by Thomas Merton captures my thoughts... My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. My hopes and intentions as I start formation My hope is to have an open mind and heart that will integrate what I am learning into my daily life, so that I may share it with others. I desire to surrender myself more completely to Jesus and to be transformed more closely into his likeness through the spirituality of the Auxiliaries of the Cenacle. |
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