tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984186295935598389.post8569044339013021003..comments2024-01-28T23:00:12.101-05:00Comments on Sponsa Christi: “Dedicated to the Service of the Church”: Responses to Comments, Part IISponsa Christihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07520407168481380210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984186295935598389.post-36940732799458527862010-03-10T14:03:39.105-05:002010-03-10T14:03:39.105-05:00Moniales,
In this post, I was certainly NOT tryi...Moniales, <br /><br />In this post, I was certainly NOT trying to say that cloistered religious life, or any other form of religious life, was limited in terms of its scope, purpose, value for the Church, or “effectiveness.” I was using the word “limited” to refer solely to the practical dimensions of the apostolate.<br /><br />My understanding is that individual religious communities are necessarily “limited” in what kind of apostolates they can have, in the sense that they can’t do absolutely everything while still retaining a clear sense of their own proper charism. <br /><br />E.g., cloistered nuns are usually “limited” to an apostolate of prayer. But this is only to say that a full-time commitment to formal prayer is not the same thing as an apostolate of teaching or nursing—and NOT that prayer as an apostolate is “limited” in its significance or in the amount of good it can do.Sponsa Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520407168481380210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984186295935598389.post-82072293244088047292010-03-09T21:34:21.693-05:002010-03-09T21:34:21.693-05:00The lives of cloistered nuns is not "limited&...The lives of cloistered nuns is not "limited" in fact, the life embraces all that Christ loves! <br /><br />In our Dominican way of life we are called to first be free for God alone. We are also called to be in the heart of the Order of Preachers, praying for the mission of the Order which is preaching and the salvation of souls which is hardly limited as it places us deeply within the heart of the Church. <br /><br />Many contemplative nuns will tell you that they were attracted to this life because the active life is not "enough". <br /><br />The vocation of a contemplative nun is not about doing but about being.Monialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033902695799768919noreply@blogger.com