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« on: August 14, 2011, 12:08:18 PM »
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    •   Ok there is a thread like this related to priesthood though CS hinted to matrimony too. But I thought it could be given a thread for it's own:
      "Can one regret choosing marriage?"
    I don't mean regretting choice of spouse, but marriage in itself. or "I wish I had entered priesthood/religious life etc."
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    « Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 03:35:08 PM »
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    • Quote from: spouse of Jesus
     Ok there is a thread like this related to priesthood though CS hinted to matrimony too. But I thought it could be given a thread for it's own:
      "Can one regret choosing marriage?"
    I don't mean regretting choice of spouse, but marriage in itself. or "I wish I had entered priesthood/religious life etc."


    That is one reason why it is advisable to investigate the religious life BEFORE you find someone you're incredibly attracted to.

    Marriage is very natural -- it doesn't take a special investigation to pursue that path. But the religious life is different. It takes some effort to look into it, try it out, etc.

    Getting married is "the path of all flesh".  You could say it's simply living, whereas joining the religious state is dying to the world.

    Which path makes it easier to be detached from the world and alive to Christ? Obviously the religious life. But you're giving up what all humans normally want (a spouse, household, children, etc.)

    I guess what I'm saying is -- marriage is NATURAL. Religious life/priesthood is SUPERNATURAL.

    That is why religious sisters are called "brides of Christ" and priests are called "less than an angel, but more than a mere man."

    Matthew
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    « Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 05:19:15 PM »
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    • Souse,

    Have you heard the old expression "The grass is greener on the other side of the fence"?

    I think almost everyone at some time in his or her life thinks that the vocation that he/she did NOT choose would've been the better one.

    Choose wisely. Choose well.  Seek the counsel of a wise a holy priest, and pray daily that you may know and fulfill God's Will in your life.  

    Then when you do choose your final vocation, embrace it daily as it will indeed be God's Will for you, particularly once you are at the permanent state of your vocation.  

    It is an interesting aside, isn't it, that the religious life gives you a longer period of discernment than is usually the case with a courtship?  For instance, a sister may be in the convent for as long as 5 years or maybe more before taking final vows, (although there will be vows taken for one year or 2 or 3 years before the final vows) but a courtship between a man and woman is often less than a year.  

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