A Determined Turnabout

By Nancy Shuman -


Never having entered religious life, I haven't experienced a potential nun's journey toward a cloistered world.

But oh, I have daydreamed it.  Not in the sense of dreaming with desire, and not exactly daydreaming with dread, but with a sense of wondering.  How would it feel, I've asked myself, to make a serious, determined decision to leave the world and enter a life lived totally for Christ.  Not just partly, not mostly, but living for Him totally.  Fully embracing His will with no compromise, no watering down what He asks of me; "yes" with no ifs, no ands, no buts.  Entering the world of His will, and turning my back on all that tries to lure me away from Him.

"Most people cannot leave the world in a bodily sense, but every follower of Christ who is serious about genuine growth must leave the spirit of the world."  (Thomas Dubay SM, Fire Within, Ignatius Press, 1989, p. 81)

Am I serious about genuine growth?  I ask it of myself..... (click to continue) 

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  1. Melanie Jean Juneau2:15 pm, January 12, 2014

    well said, in fact your insights are a perfect echoe of my heart

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  2. Eileen Frank11:53 pm, January 12, 2014

    LOVE!! This has been a common "theme" of contemplation for me as well for about 3 years now [and love Fr. Dubay too].

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    1. Nancy Shuman12:24 pm, January 13, 2014

      Thank you so much, Eileen. And Father Dubay - what wisdom he has shared!

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