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Sponsa Christi: St. Ambrose on Consecrated Virginity
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Friday, February 27, 2009. St Ambrose on Consecrated Virginity. This is a mosaic of St. Ambrose from the crypt in St. Peter’s basilica. Even though our saint looks sort of cranky in this depiction, his letters to the consecrated virgins of his era show him to be a warm and caring pastor. Because extensive reading of the Church Fathers can sometimes seem daunting, I have decided to start regularly sharing and discussing var...
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Sponsa Christi: March 2015
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Sunday, March 1, 2015. Who Can Be Called a Bride of Christ? As well as in the Rite of Consecration to a Life of Virginity. Itself. It’s also very evident in the personal vocations stories of most consecrated virgins. To identify themselves brides of Christ, based on the notion that only consecrated virgins have the right to regard themselves this way. First and foremost, the title “bride of Christ” belongs to t...Puts it: ...
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Sponsa Christi: Feast of St. Mary Magdalen
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Feast of St. Mary Magdalen. A blessed feast of St. Mary Magdalen to all my sisters in Christ around the world! Although there is a long-standing tradition in the Latin Church of regarding her as a penitent sinner, I still find St. Mary Magdalen to be an especially meaningful saint for me in my life as a consecrated virgin. On my bed at night I sought him. Whom my soul loves—. I sought him but I di...
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Sponsa Christi: My vocation story, part III
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Wednesday, January 16, 2008. My vocation story, part III. Shortly after I began having unsettling thoughts about my potential lack of a vocation, by sheer providence I happened to meet a young priest from a neighboring parish. He took it upon himself to offer me some guidance. And he was willing to go out of his way to help me. Besides talking with me about vocation (and listening to what I had to say! Code of Canon Law.
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Sponsa Christi: Feast of St. Agnes
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Feast of St. Agnes. A blessed feast of St. Agnes. Virgin and martyr, to all my sisters in Christ around the world! As many of you already know, in Rome there is a special custom for the feast of St. Agnes. Two lambs are blessed during Mass at the basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls. That new metropolitan archbishops receive from the Holy Father on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. There are...
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Sponsa Christi: Just in Time for National Vocation Awareness Week: My vocation story
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Just in Time for National Vocation Awareness Week: My vocation story. My intention in writing this blog is really to share my thoughts on "objective" and exterior issues related to consecrated virginity in the world, in the hope that my reflections may be helpful to some people. Generally, I find it immodest to speak about my personal spiritual. To be prepares to explain. This changed in the mid...
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Sponsa Christi: Any Questions?
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? If you have unanswered questions about the vocation of consecrated virginity, please feel free to ask them on this blog. You can leave them in the comment box at the bottom of this page, or in the comment box after any post. I keep all email correspondence private unless you give me explicit permission to quote or reprint a passage. Some questions previously asked by “Sponsa Christi” readers:. Is consecrated virginity the ...
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Sponsa Christi: A Homily for the Feast of St. Agatha
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Thursday, February 5, 2015. A Homily for the Feast of St. Agatha. For today’s feast of St. Agatha, consecrated virgin and martyr, here is a lovely homily preached by Fr. Hugh Clifford to the students of the Pontifical Irish College. In Rome (where Irish seminarians receive their priestly formation while studying at Rome’s Pontifical Universities). You could say that, in a way, St Agatha is a former patroness of ours! Canon...
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Sponsa Christi: What Is a Consecrated Virgin?
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Consecrated virginity is the oldest recognized form of consecrated life in the Catholic Church, predating religious life by centuries. The choice of life-long virginity is praised several places in the New Testament, and one of our earliest references to consecrated virgins as a distinct group within the Church can be found in St. Ignatius of Antioch’s. Letter to the Smyrnaeans. As one of a co...
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Sponsa Christi: January 2015
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A young consecrated virgin reflects on her vocation. What Is a Consecrated Virgin? Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Feast of St. Agnes. A blessed feast of St. Agnes. Virgin and martyr, to all my sisters in Christ around the world! As many of you already know, in Rome there is a special custom for the feast of St. Agnes. Two lambs are blessed during Mass at the basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls. That new metropolitan archbishops receive from the Holy Father on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. There are...
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