Description:In Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life, Rachael Marie Collins provides an overview of the spiritual life--both its joys and its challenges--and guides women as they discern whether they are called to be religious sisters or nuns.In a series of letters written by the author to a trusted friend discerning whether to enter religious life, Called by God explores both discernment and spirituality. The key to discernment, Collins argues, is to prepare for religious life by entering deeply into a life of prayer and sacrifice so that one experiences and begins to understand the "work" of a religious before entering the convent.Called by God draws heavily on the wisdom of great Catholic women such as Teresa of �vila, Th�r�se of Lisieux, Z�lie Martin, Edith Stein, Teresa of the Andes, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, Elizabeth Leseur, and Caryll Houselander, among others.Women discerning a vocation will benefit immensely from the discussions about the difference between religious life and marriage, the nature of a vocation, the supernatural superiority of religious life, and spiritual motherhood in Called by God.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life. To get started finding Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
224
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Emmaus Road Publishing
Release
2017
ISBN
1945125500
Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life
Description: In Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life, Rachael Marie Collins provides an overview of the spiritual life--both its joys and its challenges--and guides women as they discern whether they are called to be religious sisters or nuns.In a series of letters written by the author to a trusted friend discerning whether to enter religious life, Called by God explores both discernment and spirituality. The key to discernment, Collins argues, is to prepare for religious life by entering deeply into a life of prayer and sacrifice so that one experiences and begins to understand the "work" of a religious before entering the convent.Called by God draws heavily on the wisdom of great Catholic women such as Teresa of �vila, Th�r�se of Lisieux, Z�lie Martin, Edith Stein, Teresa of the Andes, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, Elizabeth Leseur, and Caryll Houselander, among others.Women discerning a vocation will benefit immensely from the discussions about the difference between religious life and marriage, the nature of a vocation, the supernatural superiority of religious life, and spiritual motherhood in Called by God.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life. To get started finding Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.