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Seeking Christian Perfection as Mothers (1)
"When a [person] loves God with his whole heart, soul and mind and strength, and his neighbour as himself for God's sake, then he is perfect... Perfection is open to all, because the full love of God is possible in any walk of life, and all are called to it... in the words of Jesus, "Be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect."
Donald Attwater, "A Catholic Dictionary", USA, The MacMillan Company, 1931, p399
posted by Holly at 1:39 PM
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I spent a great deal of time as a mother thinking that my vocation was not conducive to holiness or depth of intimacy with God. I also felt that the religious vocation was the only 'holy' vocation, and that as a Mom, somehow God had rejected my desire to be with Him -that I wasn't quite 'good enough' to be one of his nuns. I was wrong on all counts.
Holiness is possible in married life, and expected by God. It is a vocation in it's own right - the original vocation of creation -- a sacramental vocation shared only by the priesthood -- a vocation which the religious life is itself modelled upon. And God wants all of us holy -- which means, deeply united with Him in an intimate personal relationship.
Over the next little while, I would like to spend some time exploring our call to Christian perfection in the married vocation, and I would like to share my thoughts with you as I go.
I'm going to look at the 'religious vs married' vocations, and try to dispel any false distinctions which might be hampering us as Moms from striving for the heights of holiness. I will also be exploring the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience as they can be lived, true to their deepest meaning, from the married perspective.
One thing I already know - God is calling mothers, here and now and today, to holiness -- perhaps such as has never been witnessed in the history of the church to this point. We live in an age of an attack on the family, and an attack on motherhood. I am positive God wants to make all aware of the dignity and beauty of our vocation, and to use all of us as leaven by which to bring about a transformation of the society in which we live.
Join me in our study...
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