Comments for A Catholic Calling http://sharonxx.wordpress.com "Works of love are always a means of becoming closer to God." Mother Teresa of Calcutta Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Thy will be done……. by Venessa Turtle http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/between-the-lights/#comment-650 Venessa Turtle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:41:30 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1503#comment-650 Interesting read. There is currently quite a lot of information around this subject around and about on the net and some are most defintely better than others. You have caught the detail here just right which makes for a refreshing change - thanks. Interesting read. There is currently quite a lot of information around this subject around and about on the net and some are most defintely better than others. You have caught the detail here just right which makes for a refreshing change – thanks.

]]> Comment on I have been considering… by claire http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/i-have-been-considering/#comment-643 claire Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:22 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1647#comment-643 Wishing you a beautiful time as you withdraw from the Net for a while. love, claire Wishing you a beautiful time as you withdraw from the Net for a while.
love, claire

]]> Comment on I have been considering… by Sharon xx http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/i-have-been-considering/#comment-637 Sharon xx Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:23 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1647#comment-637 Gail and Barbara ~ thank you both xx. I'm just so drawn into my faith at the moment that there feels no room for anything else other than those things I can't avoid [such as real life and family ;)]. I know I'm a bit of a hermit at heart ~ some would say antisocial lol ~ and have been such since long before my calling to Christ. Anyhow yes, I'll be sure to let you know if I start blogging again. Thank you for walking this path with me thus far. Much love and pax to you both. Sharon xx Gail and Barbara ~ thank you both xx.

I’m just so drawn into my faith at the moment that there feels no room for anything else other than those things I can’t avoid [such as real life and family ;) ]. I know I’m a bit of a hermit at heart ~ some would say antisocial lol ~ and have been such since long before my calling to Christ.

Anyhow yes, I’ll be sure to let you know if I start blogging again. Thank you for walking this path with me thus far.

Much love and pax to you both.

Sharon xx

]]> Comment on I have been considering… by Barbara http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/i-have-been-considering/#comment-636 Barbara Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:22:33 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1647#comment-636 Blessings, Sharon, and peace as you take a break to pay closer attention to further explorations. You are always welcome to visit my blog. Let us know if you begin again. Blessings, Sharon, and peace as you take a break to pay closer attention to further explorations. You are always welcome to visit my blog. Let us know if you begin again.

]]> Comment on I have been considering… by Gail http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/i-have-been-considering/#comment-634 Gail Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:45:20 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1647#comment-634 Sharon, I will really miss you, but understand and support your decision. (My, how gracious of me, please get the humor.) I hope to communicate with you via e-mail, and will continue to wish you God's blessing. With love and blessing, Gail Sharon,
I will really miss you, but understand and support your decision. (My, how gracious of me, please get the humor.) I hope to communicate with you via e-mail, and will continue to wish you God’s blessing.
With love and blessing,
Gail

]]> Comment on My cell….. by Sharon xx http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/my-cell/#comment-633 Sharon xx Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:40:11 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1623#comment-633 Good words Nicholas, good words. Very apt and I'm going to print them off and put them up in my kitchen for a while to meditate on them. Thank you xx. Pax S xx Good words Nicholas, good words. Very apt and I’m going to print them off and put them up in my kitchen for a while to meditate on them. Thank you xx.

Pax

S xx

]]> Comment on My cell….. by Nicholas http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/my-cell/#comment-632 Nicholas Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:39:24 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1623#comment-632 St. Romuald's Brief Rule For Camaldolese Monks Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it. Watch your thoughts like a good fisherman watching for fish. The path you must follow is in the Psalms — never leave it. If you have just come to the monastery, and in spite of your good will you cannot accomplish what you want, take every opportunity you can to sing the Psalms in your heart and to understand them with your mind. And if your mind wanders as you read, do not give up; hurry back and apply your mind to the words once more. Realize above all that you are in God's presence, and stand there with the attitude of one who stands before the emperor. Empty yourself completely and sit waiting, content with the grace of God, like the chick who tastes nothing and eats nothing but what his mother brings him. St. Romuald’s Brief Rule For Camaldolese Monks

Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it. Watch your thoughts like a good fisherman watching for fish. The path you must follow is in the Psalms — never leave it.

If you have just come to the monastery, and in spite of your good will you cannot accomplish what you want, take every opportunity you can to sing the Psalms in your heart and to understand them with your mind.

And if your mind wanders as you read, do not give up; hurry back and apply your mind to the words once more.

Realize above all that you are in God’s presence, and stand there with the attitude of one who stands before the emperor.

Empty yourself completely and sit waiting, content with the grace of God, like the chick who tastes nothing and eats nothing but what his mother brings him.

]]> Comment on Just do small things with great love… by Allie http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/just-do-small-things-with-great-love/#comment-631 Allie Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:16:28 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1588#comment-631 So enjoyed reading this Sharon ~ very moving, & am glad you have been drawing nearer to God xx In the book on prayer I'm reading, Sr W. talks about offering ourselves to God, as we are, in silent prayer and letting Him take possession of us ... your lovely post put me in mind of that with hugs & love Allie xx So enjoyed reading this Sharon ~ very moving, & am glad you have been drawing nearer to God xx

In the book on prayer I’m reading, Sr W. talks about offering ourselves to God, as we are, in silent prayer and letting Him take possession of us … your lovely post put me in mind of that

with hugs & love

Allie xx

]]> Comment on Just do small things with great love… by Sharon xx http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/just-do-small-things-with-great-love/#comment-630 Sharon xx Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:22:45 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1588#comment-630 Nicholas ~ thank you for your lovely comment. It all comes from God, I just type the words and share what He puts on my heart. Pax and prayers Sharon xx Nicholas ~ thank you for your lovely comment. It all comes from God, I just type the words and share what He puts on my heart.

Pax and prayers

Sharon xx

]]> Comment on Just do small things with great love… by Nicholas http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/just-do-small-things-with-great-love/#comment-629 Nicholas Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:47:08 +0000 http://sharonxx.wordpress.com/?p=1588#comment-629 Had you been my novice/junior master I'm confident I'd still be in monastic life. Much food for thought here Sharon. Many thanks. Had you been my novice/junior master I’m confident I’d still be in monastic life. Much food for thought here Sharon.
Many thanks.

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