#religious vows

[spiritualdirections]

Congratulations to Sister Bridget Peter Maria! She made her first vows with the Dominican sisters of Mary mother of the Eucharist.

You can see her biography here:

Meet our Postulants! - Dominican Sisters of Mary

  Our New Postulants On August 22, the feast of Queenship of Mary,  we welcomed our new radiant Postulants!  As we recall our Lady’s “fiat”

Also congratulations to Br. James Clifford of the Franciscans of the Primitive Observance, who also made his first vows. (The FPOs don't really do webpages, or the internet for that matter, so no links)

That's two MIT graduates making it to first vows this summer!

[fear-not-beloved]

The One who calls you is faithful || 1 Thess 5:24 ⚓️ . This was the day when I & my Sisters said our forever “Yes” to Jesus. To the One who has been faithful 😍🙇‍♀️ . Once again, we have to ask ourselves: Is Jesus really our first and only love, as we promised he would be when we professed our vows? Only if he is, will we be empowered to love, in truth and mercy, every person who crosses our path. For we will have learned from Jesus the meaning and practice of love. We will be able to love because we have his own heart || Pope Francis

[fear-not-beloved]

And then I’ll marry you for good—forever! I’ll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness. Yes, I’ll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go. You’ll know me, God, for who I really am || Hosea 2:21-22 MSG . On my heart all day. Jesus, I am Yours & You are mine ♥️

[sorryyourheinous]

Re: vows of poverty

Tangentially related to this post, I searched for "vows of poverty" and found one of the more out-there ideas I've ever heard. And not just one lone nut, but many separate nuts! (though I suppose with how cheap domains are, they could be many crazy-roots breaking the surface from one solitary crazy-tree.)

The idea is this:

You are poor BECAUSE YOUR PAST LIVES TOOK VOWS OF POVERTY.

These websites will help you break free of this past life commitment to God and the monastic lifestyle and then--THEN--your fortunes will change! (I'M USING FORTUNES IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THERE)