I grew up around a Carmelite convent. I caught the school bus just a block away and I could see them, in their dark brown ankle length habits and black veils and rosaries on their belt. They looked like angels to me. I wasn't even Catholic then, but I became Catholic at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, now St. Francis Catholic Church in Logan, West Virginia. God bless you Father! God bless your ministry.
Thank you for this video. I am a Carmelite Secular having said my ‘ First Promise ‘. Twenty years ago I became a Catholic and for long time knew I was being drawn into something more than the usual activities of the parish, and I then met an amazing woman who introduced me to the Carmelite way of living. It has been wonderful journey...I am learning so much and the daily routine of prayer and reading has given structure to my daily life. I am now a widow, but amongst my group there are married people, single people, widows like me and one who is about to enter Carmel to become a nun. If you want a deeper relationship with Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit, and if you would like to know more about Carmelite Saints this sort of life could be for you. In two and a half years I will take my ‘ Final Promise ‘ Doing this study and prayer has changed my life and healed a lot of old painful memories. And it is never too late, I am 76!! God bless all of you who are reading these comments, and I pray that God’s will may be revealed to you.🙏🙏
Greetings from Dunedin, New Zealand. I am a Consecrated Vigin living in the world. In 2002 I was granted the Consecration according to the Roman Canon. My main area of work is prayer including the Liturgy of the Hours (Public prayer of the Church), intercessory prayer, and being a presence to and for all. I thank God for calling me to this form of Consecrated Life.
I literally went to sleep wondering about the consecrated life outside being a priest / nun / taking " permanent " vows only to wake up to this on my feed. Thank you Fr. Casey. God has definitely used you to teach me a couple of things today and to remind me that He hears me.
I am a consecrated virgin. We don't make vows as such. We are consecrated by our diocesan bishop (may not be done by a priest), according to the solemn rite contained in the Roman Pontifical. Yes, we are virgins, and we make a resolution to remain virgins for the rest of our lives, but our consecration is passive, that is, we are consecrated by the bishop who invokes the power and grace of the Holy Spirit. This consecration, unlike vows, is irrevocable when it is conferred validly and it makes us true brides of Christ. The rite is filled with bridal imagery and it celebrates virginity given to God. The first virgins were consecrated by the apostles themselves.
Dear sister in Christ, may your consecration truly be a means for you to prepare yourself in the most wonderful manner to union with God. May our merciful God be with you always.
Lord God, be with Mario Escorza. Show him that you are sovereign. Let him know your grace and truth. Give him prayers and comfort. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
That was surprisingly detailed and showed there’s a lot more diversity than I thought in the Catholic Church - and I thought I knew a lot about this! Thank you, Brother!
I didn’t quite understand it all. But, I feel like I am being called to a deeper spiritual commitment, and another marriage, with talents to be used for the benefit of the world. However that works, we will see. I am in RCIA, right now.
Thank you for the video father! Most secular institutes however are not for married people. They are for unmarried people who are called to profess the Evangelical counsels and live them in the world. It is a very distinct and beautiful vocation!
Great video. I love the use of "consecrated" as we in secular institutes are often not seen as distinct from religious and not understood. I have a concern. Not all Institutes involve married persons. We, The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, do not. Our "associate group" does welcome them. They make an annual promise to embrace our attitudes of life, not vows.
I'm discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven' or The Institute of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is only for single or widowed women and we do take first and later final vows in the church to a priest and vows are binding. I am glad you wrote your comment as that was my concern too.
My 4th great grandfather was a Dominican in Baja California. Padre Gabriel Gonzalez. Originally from Spain. He successfully held off Mexican secularization efforts. Resisted occupying American forces during the Mexican-American war. Ended up as a successful rancher and parish priest. Raised a family of 11 children. He was one of two last Dominican Missionaries in Baja California.
Morning. I'm from Italy. 'm gonna leave for spending une year in a missionari comunity. It's from Brasile and there is a house even Gere in Italy, 1000 km from me. We work with poors, we live with them, juste like them, sharing everytjing. I'm 50, and i Nevers never exoected my life could change this way. I feel fear, and a great Joy in the same time. Please, pray for me. I promise i'll pray for tout and for all the consacrated. Peace and joy
Hello I am a coptic orthodox Sister in Egypt, I am a nun in one of the very few communities that have a communal life as with a community prayer life as well as a focus on mission life.
Amazing..The Prayer Life is the core of everything we do...I also have more than 1300 children in the school..which makes my life perfectly chaotic but very meaningful and full of joy..
Dear Father, in the apostolic live you didn't mention the prelatures like Opus Dei or the Comunnio and liberation Movement.. Can you make a video explaining about lay or secular live?
Hi everyone, I know you may not know me, but I was wondering if I could get some prayers for my dad who is currently fighting Covid in the hospital. Any prayers will help and I just want to say thank you and I hope everyone has a good day 💖
I'm in England and am discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven'. It is for single and widowed women only - not married women or men at all. We also do have a process of formation and do take first vows, then after 8 years take life vows and our consecration is full and binding. Vows are made in a Church to a priest and we are under the Bishop of Southwark in London. We live in our own homes and commit to saying at least morning and evening office, private silent prayer, spiritual reading and Lectio Divina and have two retreats per year where we get together and we have women in positions of authority. We are Carmelites -though we wear no outward dress showing that. We seem to fall somewhere between several vocations in this video.
I want to be a Marist Brother, but I have many faults, I am very lustful, and I am attached to my properties, being single I have lived like a king ... And yet I have a strong desire to be religious ... I am a doctor, I am 29 years, if I correct my depraved mind, can I one day be a Marist brother? or am I already very old and damaged?
No one is too old or too young to receive the grace of God. I was was pretty lustful but crying to God I received the grace I needed. Keep going and it’s vocations week, so keep going brother!
My own feeling? Start where you are and allow yourself to be open to divine love. I am still only catechumen. My desire is to enter a contemplative order but I cannot, because I am divorced. However, I realised that this does not prevent me from adopting as much of the contemplative lifestyle as is possible whilst working to support myself. Prayer, study and mass remain open to me. The more I embrace what I *can* do and the more I attempt to live the Surrender Prayer, the more I am surprised. The smallest steps make a difference in who I am.
Due to my health I cannot get accepted in the convent.i get strength from Jesus.i live the life of a nun. I love Jesus ❤️ with all my heart and soul.jesus accepts me.paulette quarie
Toward the end the Sisters left group in dark blue are DAUGHTERS OF ST PAUL. THE MEDIA SISTERS.I BELONG TO THAT CONGREGATION. THIS WAS MOST INFORMATIVE AND HRELPFUL TO HELP THE YOUNG WOMEN TO GET THE CALL HOPEFULLY. THANK YOU FATHER CASEY.
I'm a very recent convert and I'm interested in discerning religious life. Is there a mandatory amount of years that I should be Catholic before joining a religious order?
You were probably asking Father, but I would say it’s never too early to start thinking and praying about it! When looking at joining a community, if you have a good idea what kind of order you want to join I’d go ahead and get in touch; their vocation directors will be more than happy to provide guidance and will let you know if they think it’s too early for you to be jumping in to religious life. They’ll also let you come and stay for short periods to get an idea of how you fit the community and to give you a feel for what your life would be like if you joined. If you’re thinking of a community and don’t have an idea of what order, this early period of prayer and discernment is a great time to do more research. (I’d also recommend the book Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton, is the autobiography of a convert and his journey to enter a religious community) Congrats on your conversion! 😊
I’m currently reading 33 Days to Morning Glory to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception! This is my first time doing it so I’m excited! Could you maybe do a video on Marian Consecration? What category would that be in, btw? It certainly doesn’t require being in a religious order.
All the very best to you, Harald. May you grow into a life that allows you to move perpetually towards God. The Franciscan life is a call to truly live in humility, with an openness to beauty, and ultimately prepare oneself to live in imitation of Christ. I wish you only the best! :)
@@haraldfrancisoddsen7413 Dear Brother in Christ Harald, thank you! May you find the peace and joy of Christ. I also found your other post. Harald, let us both pray for you; so you may find strength through your journey. May you listen now to him, clearer than ever before! May you find perpetual hope through Christ, and never lose your vocational orientation. Requesting intercessions of our Blessed Mother for you, Your friend in Christ, Tiju Thomas (from India)
Dear Father I would require a clarification with regards to the Secular Franciscan order , as you said that secular Franciscan do not profess the evangelical counsels but as per the the rule of the SFO RULE NUMBER 23 AS APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER POPE PAUL THE VI , IT STATES THAT " PROFESSION BY ITS NATURE IS A PERMANENT COMMITMENT "
I'm not Catholic, but I never found someone to marry and I'm in my mid-forties wishing I had some kind of religious community and commitment beyond how I currently live. I would not have felt the same as a younger person.
Now, I am confused hahaha All this time, I thought the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity had the same level as Opus Dei. But, following your descriptions, I am confused whether we are more like them or more like Secular Franciscans. We have our public promise though and we go through a phase of pre-trial, trial, and promise though 😹
@@BreakingInTheHabit I have been following your videos for a while, and never noticed any other spelling hiccups, so don't take it too hard! God bless you, dear Padre. 🙏🕯🕊💒
Can someone become a consecrated layperson on their own ? Without having to join any kind of institute or society or third order ? With a spiritual director ? Excellent video, thank you.
You can be consecrated to Sacred heart Jesus and the immaculate heart of Mary and follow what they ask in devotion. I see it necessary not even a option in these dark times , its the End the end of times.
The Secular Franciscans are not consecrated, that is, they do not make vows. Instead, they make a permanent public promise to observe the Gospel by following in the footsteps of Francis and Clare. There is a 27-month initial formation process and a written Rule approved by Rome. Secular Franciscans (OFS) are worldwide. Today there are proximately 350,000, with about 11,000 in the US. No matter where you live, there's likely a local fraternity near you. Members are male and female, single, married, divorced, widowed. Secular (diocesan) priests may also become Secular Franciscans.
@@5kydragon347 Maybe my comment was too long for his taste. I'll post it here again, maybe it won't be banned here. "You are meant to live a sacred life-a life of purpose, meaning and direction. But the world is a hazardous place, and many people do not have the opportunity to assume a greater life due to poverty and oppression, religious oppression, family obligation. But for those who have this opportunity available to them at this moment, the calling is there, you see. The desire is there within you. The Will of Heaven is all around you, but the world has many attractions, seductions and distractions. People are called away, and as is so often the case, they give their life away prematurely-in relationships, bonding themselves to people, places and things. This fills up the need temporarily, the need for the sacred life. People fill up their life with necessities, afraid if they do not do this, there will be nothing for them. Driven by the fear of not having, they seek to have as much as they can until their arms are full and they can carry no more. They are too encumbered now by their own desires and insecurities to be able to receive the sacred life. You have been sent into the world for a purpose. This purpose requires you to enter a new kind of life experience-a different state of mind, a different awareness of yourself and others and a different relationship with the world itself. To do these things is your destiny, you see, and destiny is everything. It is the most important thing. But people create their own destinies, or try to. The cultures they live in encourage them to do this, prescribe what must be done, what must be accomplished at a given age-when you should marry, to have family before you are ready, to fill your life up with all things that the culture or society prescribes. But God has another plan for you. People think the sacred life is a monastic life, but this is not the case. For in almost all cases, people’s work is out in the world. That is where they must learn to live the sacred life. But to approach this life, there must be a yielding and a recognition that your attempts to fulfill yourself are fruitless and will not lead to success. This can be learned more quickly by recognizing objectively the lives of people around you-their successes, their failures, and ultimately their disappointment. The world is demonstrating every form of error and misgiving. If you can see this, it will save you time. It will save you suffering. It will save you needless experimentation. It will save you grave disappointment. It will save you from giving your life away and then having to work very hard to reclaim it later on. People are not willing to wait. They are driven by their cultures and their conditioning and their insecurity. Their time of recognition may be years away. What will they do between now and then? Can they wait? Can they build the Pillar of Work, the Pillar of Relationship, the Pillar of Health and the Pillar of Spiritual Development? For this is what your youth is for, you see. There is much to be done. There is great focus. There are important accomplishments. But people want the answer now. They are unwilling to live with the questions, but it is only living with the questions that brings the real answers to you in time. But this takes self-confidence and self-trust and self-appreciation and the support of at least one wise companion to remind you and to warn you of your predispositions and errors. You have a goal and a destiny, you see, but you must build the foundation for this destiny. You must build and cultivate the understanding and the awareness of this destiny and your need for it. For only Heaven can fulfill you in this world, and Heaven fulfills you by working through you, through the deeper power and presence within you, the power of Knowledge. Everything else is an expedient. Everything else is temporary and subject to grave change and disappointment. You must find this sacred life. You start with yourself, within yourself, to find the source and center of your power and inner direction. You begin to disengage from those relationships and involvements that do not represent the deeper yearning of your heart. And you find the Revelation in the world that will ignite you, for you must be ignited by forces from beyond yourself. You cannot ignite yourself. The journey has stages. It has thresholds. It is not just an answer or a belief or a system of thought or adherence to an organization. Those things do not lead to a sacred life without this deeper reckoning. There is a time of life where Heaven will call you. You need to be ready for this. You will need to make your life ready for this. That is your work, you see. Beyond your employment to support yourself and your basic responsibilities, this is your work." A quote from a teaching titled *Sacred Life* - read or listen to the whole teaching at *NewMessage org*
@@TreverSlyFox I doubt that because it was visible to other accounts as I posted it (I always check) and after a minute it wasn't visible anymore. It's called shadow banning on UA-cam. Only the person who wrote the comment can see it after it's shadow banned.
What does it mean when a priest shoe are found in front of a nuns door. Dedication right? Tell me who your with and I’ll tell you who you are. Where do you stand. But seriously let me share: Israel in Old Testament same as the body of Christ(the Church)= the New Testament These are God’s people set apart in life style and heart They are witness with and and without words promoting the Kingdom of God on earth giving all the Honor and Glory of God
And is not Scriptural, it by Faith not by Works, this is Why it important to Truly Talk to Our Lord, and Read His Word the KJB Bible to Know Our Lord More,
You people who keep spouting off about the KJV. It is not THE Bible to end all! In fact, it is an incomplete bible. If you want to read the first and correct one, then try the old Latin Vulgate Bible or one of the modern Catholic bibles. The KJV has some of the most beautiful language in the world (Elizabethan era) but it is a hack job mandated by a homosexual King (as in James) and a group of men who were anti-Catholic. Thus, it is tainted. You get what you pay for!
The Church as a whole, the bishops, do an incredibly poor job to popularize or encourage or inform young folks or anyone for that matter on anything of these choices. Bishops are such silly things that if they do encourage religious life they view their own regional seminaries for diocesan priesthood for men as the proper choice and discourage priesthood’s in other orders with consequences that person interested does not commit to any order. In my mind, the high prayerful orders like the Trappists should change their focus to encourage yearly or 3 years commitments and abandon emphasis on life long vocations. In this way, it is hoped anyone, under 55 can offer yearly commitments. The idea is catholic men and women can offer 1 year of service of prayer. Sort of like mormons who do 2 year missions.
You are clearly in the wrong Congregation, my brother. Because you love being in the Social Media, you should be in the Order of Preachers or other Order/Congregation without the level of the Vow of Poverty as the OFMs. I think St.Francis wont like you being in Social Media but instead live the simple life that he bagan. If I'm wrong and truly the Rule of St.Francis is watered down by our generation then Holy Saint Francis was right about the lukewarmness that he prophesied in his own Order. Praying for you. God bless
How do you think that you know anything about the simplicity of my life? I think it's fairly judgmental of you, don't you think? St. Francis himself told the brothers that they were allowed to have the tools of their trade. That's what I have, owned by the ministry, not me. My life--in what I eat, wear, and do--is very simple.
Serving the poor and sick Is my calling. I’m making progress in joining the Franciscans. Pray for me that my path to postulancy continues to grow and I remain faithful to our Lord
Oh, I see them both. I need to ask how to get it organized. The one other person I know of was in a community though. I’ll still see if I can check with her.
Anchorites-- I have a name....I didn't know that....I thought I was just consecrated lay person. That's what everyone keeps calling me. Now I know. Thanks for teaching. I'm not sure what the 7sisters and brothers are connected to, tho'...we are too new, as far as I know. My profession was private, by apostolic order, I believe that I fit, regardless of however God wants me and my brothers and sisters to be in formation. Thanks for this video. I hope it brings lots of Vocations!
Hello-- Private vows here, too. The vows could be either private or public (Diocesan hermit, vows taken from the hands of a bishop). Both require rigorous discernment.
You cannot join a vowed religious order as a married person, but some orders (like the Benedictines) have associates which they call oblates. The Franciscans, Dominicans, and Carmelites have lay Third Orders whose members can be male, female, single, married, widowed, or divorced.
Great video. Very much limited to Roman Catholic. Eastern Catholic Churches have both western forms such as what you describe in the video and traditional Orthodox monastic forms (novice, rasophore, stavrophore and great schema). The ancient military-religious Orders (Teutonic Knights, Templars, Knights of St. John, the Spanish and Portuguese Orders, and a few others) were interesting because of the way they combined warfare and Religious life (with some even allowing married knights to be "fully" professed).
@Matt Not, specifically no. The rite of consecration to the vocation is specifically for women. Men can certainly take vows of chastity either in community or as a personal devotion, but they wouldn’t technically be “consecrated virgins”. If you are curious take a look at paragraphs 922-924 of the catechism.
Really interesting with the apostolix societies, it seems very similar to the way the nazorite vow works in the old testament, not a vow for life but for a period of time
Even tho i am a literal heathen (prefer the term much more than pagan) i felt for years that a monsastic life lived in honour of a vocation would be a good fit for me. However heathens in general are rare nowadays, and even rarer is for me to find enough like minded individuals to even start a prayer group... Peace my dude
I'm discerning a benedictine vocation and/or the sacred priesthood. Please do pray for me!
🙏awe, wonderful! Praise God!! Praying for you
I’ll be praying for your discernment , Jensen, God bless you
Praise God! Saint Benedict pray for Jensen
Where are you now Jensen?
Praying for you 🙏
I grew up around a Carmelite convent. I caught the school bus just a block away and I could see them, in their dark brown ankle length habits and black veils and rosaries on their belt. They looked like angels to me. I wasn't even Catholic then, but I became Catholic at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, now St. Francis Catholic Church in Logan, West Virginia. God bless you Father! God bless your ministry.
Thank you for this video. I am a Carmelite Secular having said my ‘ First Promise ‘. Twenty years ago I became a Catholic and for long time knew I was being drawn into something more than the usual activities of the parish, and I then met an amazing woman who introduced me to the Carmelite way of living. It has been wonderful journey...I am learning so much and the daily routine of prayer and reading has given structure to my daily life. I am now a widow, but amongst my group there are married people, single people, widows like me and one who is about to enter Carmel to become a nun.
If you want a deeper relationship with Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit, and if you would like to know more about Carmelite Saints this sort of life could be for you. In two and a half years I will take my ‘ Final Promise ‘ Doing this study and prayer has changed my life and healed a lot of old painful memories. And it is never too late, I am 76!!
God bless all of you who are reading these comments, and I pray that God’s will may be revealed to you.🙏🙏
I am feeling called to the Carmelite Third Order too. Thanks for your testimony.
I need a flow chart for this.
Seconded!
Greetings from Dunedin, New Zealand. I am a Consecrated Vigin living in the world. In 2002 I was granted the Consecration according to the Roman Canon. My main area of work is prayer including the Liturgy of the Hours (Public prayer of the Church), intercessory prayer, and being a presence to and for all. I thank God for calling me to this form of Consecrated Life.
Im Discerning the Passionist Spirituality, particularly in the Priesthood, please pray for me
This is my calling
Than do it by all means!!! Many blessings!!!
Disernment communities? Sign me up! Those could be so helpful.
Thank you for another insightful video, Fr. Casey!
Future Jesuit here ✝️
pray for me 🙏🌷
I will pray for you 🙏
AMDG you've got this
I literally went to sleep wondering about the consecrated life outside being a priest / nun / taking " permanent " vows only to wake up to this on my feed. Thank you Fr. Casey. God has definitely used you to teach me a couple of things today and to remind me that He hears me.
St. Catherine of Siena was a third order Dominican who lived in two houses. She never married and is a doctor of the church.
Such a timely video for me! Discerning consecrated life right now, and planning on speaking to my priest about it. ✨😊✝️
May God bless you, and may your gift of yourself be wholly accepted by God.
I am a consecrated virgin. We don't make vows as such. We are consecrated by our diocesan bishop (may not be done by a priest), according to the solemn rite contained in the Roman Pontifical. Yes, we are virgins, and we make a resolution to remain virgins for the rest of our lives, but our consecration is passive, that is, we are consecrated by the bishop who invokes the power and grace of the Holy Spirit. This consecration, unlike vows, is irrevocable when it is conferred validly and it makes us true brides of Christ. The rite is filled with bridal imagery and it celebrates virginity given to God. The first virgins were consecrated by the apostles themselves.
Dear sister in Christ, may your consecration truly be a means for you to prepare yourself in the most wonderful manner to union with God. May our merciful God be with you always.
@@TheTijuT Thank you.
Please pray for me I'm scared
My prayers go for you.
I will.
"Be not afraid!" The words of Christ, also echoed by his servant, St. John Paul II!
Lord God, be with Mario Escorza. Show him that you are sovereign. Let him know your grace and truth. Give him prayers and comfort. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
I'm scared of life
Love from kerala👍
That was surprisingly detailed and showed there’s a lot more diversity than I thought in the Catholic Church - and I thought I knew a lot about this!
Thank you, Brother!
I didn’t quite understand it all. But, I feel like I am being called to a deeper spiritual commitment, and another marriage, with talents to be used for the benefit of the world. However that works, we will see. I am in RCIA, right now.
Thank you for the video father! Most secular institutes however are not for married people. They are for unmarried people who are called to profess the Evangelical counsels and live them in the world. It is a very distinct and beautiful vocation!
Great video. I love the use of "consecrated" as we in secular institutes are often not seen as distinct from religious and not understood. I have a concern. Not all Institutes involve married persons. We, The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, do not. Our "associate group" does welcome them. They make an annual promise to embrace our attitudes of life, not vows.
I'm discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven' or The Institute of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is only for single or widowed women and we do take first and later final vows in the church to a priest and vows are binding. I am glad you wrote your comment as that was my concern too.
Thank you Fr Casey for "preaching and teaching"
My 4th great grandfather was a Dominican in Baja California. Padre Gabriel Gonzalez. Originally from Spain. He successfully held off Mexican secularization efforts. Resisted occupying American forces during the Mexican-American war. Ended up as a successful rancher and parish priest. Raised a family of 11 children. He was one of two last Dominican Missionaries in Baja California.
Morning. I'm from Italy. 'm gonna leave for spending une year in a missionari comunity. It's from Brasile and there is a house even Gere in Italy, 1000 km from me. We work with poors, we live with them, juste like them, sharing everytjing.
I'm 50, and i Nevers never exoected my life could change this way. I feel fear, and a great Joy in the same time. Please, pray for me.
I promise i'll pray for tout and for all the consacrated.
Peace and joy
Thank u Father Casey for this video, you explain things in a way, a lay person can understand.
Please pray for me I want to be a priest when I grow up and become the pope and change the world pls pray for
Will do .never lose faith and continue praying daily
Hello I am a coptic orthodox Sister in Egypt, I am a nun in one of the very few communities that have a communal life as with a community prayer life as well as a focus on mission life.
that’s so cool! how’s it like?
Amazing..The Prayer Life is the core of everything we do...I also have more than 1300 children in the school..which makes my life perfectly chaotic but very meaningful and full of joy..
You can't be a "Sister" and a "Nun" at the same time, can you? Two different things there.
@@mikelastname1220a nun is referred to as sister. Same as a monk or friar is referred to as brother.
Dear Father, in the apostolic live you didn't mention the prelatures like Opus Dei or the Comunnio and liberation Movement.. Can you make a video explaining about lay or secular live?
This guy could charm the pants off of a choirboy!
That was a vulgar response. Sad comment .
@@martinkent333 why..
Considering monastic life. Pray for me.
try the Order of St. Augustine of the Primitive Observance ( OSAPrim)
or the Hieronymites in Spain only 9 remaining in the world
I absolutely love learning new things about other forms of Christianity than that which I was taught.
Hi everyone,
I know you may not know me, but I was wondering if I could get some prayers for my dad who is currently fighting Covid in the hospital. Any prayers will help and I just want to say thank you and I hope everyone has a good day 💖
Praying for Meg's father, that he may survive and thrive.
@@breatheeasily4013 Thank you so much and know that everyone may also be in my prayers no matter your current situation 💖 Sending love
Added to my Prayer List
Prayer for your father's healing.
@@d88danp thank you so much and may you have a great day 💖💖
I love your videos ❣️❣️❣️
I'm in England and am discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven'. It is for single and widowed women only - not married women or men at all. We also do have a process of formation and do take first vows, then after 8 years take life vows and our consecration is full and binding. Vows are made in a Church to a priest and we are under the Bishop of Southwark in London. We live in our own homes and commit to saying at least morning and evening office, private silent prayer, spiritual reading and Lectio Divina and have two retreats per year where we get together and we have women in positions of authority. We are Carmelites -though we wear no outward dress showing that. We seem to fall somewhere between several vocations in this video.
I want to be a Marist Brother, but I have many faults, I am very lustful, and I am attached to my properties, being single I have lived like a king ... And yet I have a strong desire to be religious ... I am a doctor, I am 29 years, if I correct my depraved mind, can I one day be a Marist brother? or am I already very old and damaged?
No one is too old or too young to receive the grace of God. I was was pretty lustful but crying to God I received the grace I needed. Keep going and it’s vocations week, so keep going brother!
You can do. Just keep praying and asking for god's grace and did the saints to help guide you.
My own feeling? Start where you are and allow yourself to be open to divine love. I am still only catechumen. My desire is to enter a contemplative order but I cannot, because I am divorced. However, I realised that this does not prevent me from adopting as much of the contemplative lifestyle as is possible whilst working to support myself. Prayer, study and mass remain open to me. The more I embrace what I *can* do and the more I attempt to live the Surrender Prayer, the more I am surprised. The smallest steps make a difference in who I am.
Go to a Priest.
@@brew8533 I was in my 30s when I discerned the priesthood. It had been on my heart for many years but the vocation director thought I was too old.
Actually, Norbertines do have a vow of stability to a particular abbey and in their early years were almost indistinguishable from Cistercians.
Due to my health I cannot get accepted in the convent.i get strength from Jesus.i live the life of a nun. I love Jesus ❤️ with all my heart and soul.jesus accepts me.paulette quarie
Thank you for this!
Really enjoy your videos father Casey
Toward the end the Sisters left group in dark blue are DAUGHTERS OF ST PAUL. THE MEDIA SISTERS.I BELONG TO THAT CONGREGATION.
THIS WAS MOST INFORMATIVE AND HRELPFUL TO HELP THE YOUNG WOMEN TO GET THE CALL HOPEFULLY.
THANK YOU FATHER CASEY.
Thank you for this video😭😭😭, it helped me understand and learn more than my teacher
I'm a very recent convert and I'm interested in discerning religious life. Is there a mandatory amount of years that I should be Catholic before joining a religious order?
You were probably asking Father, but I would say it’s never too early to start thinking and praying about it! When looking at joining a community, if you have a good idea what kind of order you want to join I’d go ahead and get in touch; their vocation directors will be more than happy to provide guidance and will let you know if they think it’s too early for you to be jumping in to religious life. They’ll also let you come and stay for short periods to get an idea of how you fit the community and to give you a feel for what your life would be like if you joined. If you’re thinking of a community and don’t have an idea of what order, this early period of prayer and discernment is a great time to do more research. (I’d also recommend the book Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton, is the autobiography of a convert and his journey to enter a religious community) Congrats on your conversion! 😊
I’m currently reading 33 Days to Morning Glory to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception! This is my first time doing it so I’m excited! Could you maybe do a video on Marian Consecration? What category would that be in, btw? It certainly doesn’t require being in a religious order.
Future franciscan sister here 😊
Very Interesting!!! Great job Father!!! Thank you for this!!!
Oh wow! I didn’t know so many!!
Thank you for a great presentation. I'm discerning my call on joining OFM. Is there any way to communate with you about it in private channel?
All the very best to you, Harald. May you grow into a life that allows you to move perpetually towards God.
The Franciscan life is a call to truly live in humility, with an openness to beauty, and ultimately prepare oneself to live in imitation of Christ. I wish you only the best! :)
@@TheTijuT Thank you, and peace to you brother.
@@haraldfrancisoddsen7413 Dear Brother in Christ Harald, thank you! May you find the peace and joy of Christ.
I also found your other post.
Harald, let us both pray for you; so you may find strength through your journey. May you listen now to him, clearer than ever before!
May you find perpetual hope through Christ, and never lose your vocational orientation.
Requesting intercessions of our Blessed Mother for you,
Your friend in Christ,
Tiju Thomas (from India)
What about Episcopalian monk's and nuns ?
Future OFM 🙏🙏🙏
Excellent explanation
Dear Father I would require a clarification with regards to the Secular Franciscan order , as you said that secular Franciscan do not profess the evangelical counsels but as per the the rule of the SFO RULE NUMBER 23 AS APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER POPE PAUL THE VI , IT STATES THAT
" PROFESSION BY ITS NATURE IS A PERMANENT COMMITMENT "
MsRhuby was here February 11, 2023
I'm not Catholic, but I never found someone to marry and I'm in my mid-forties wishing I had some kind of religious community and commitment beyond how I currently live. I would not have felt the same as a younger person.
I WAS MARTYRED FOR PRAYING THE ROSARY IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1977 A.D. (MIA-GAO, PHILIPPINES).
Im having a hard time learning on congregations while being married and if thats even an option
Now, I am confused hahaha All this time, I thought the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity had the same level as Opus Dei. But, following your descriptions, I am confused whether we are more like them or more like Secular Franciscans.
We have our public promise though and we go through a phase of pre-trial, trial, and promise though 😹
father you should collab with Rev Chris
Spell check...."counsels"!
Sorry, hate to be that person, but it should be Evangelical Counsels*, not councels
And I think I saw the word Institutes missing a "T". (2:53)
Nevertheless, a great explanation of consecrated life!
Could you give me the time codes for when they happened? I need to have another conversation with my editor...
@@BreakingInTheHabit
I have been following your videos for a while, and never noticed any other spelling hiccups, so don't take it too hard! God bless you, dear Padre. 🙏🕯🕊💒
@@sylvieb623 I noticed that, too. .
@@BreakingInTheHabit - Could that "editor" be yourself? Don't be too hard on "him"!!! :)
I MARTYRED IN 1977A.D.
So what are the 4 types of consecrated life?
Being a digital nomad with a travelling lifestyle, could I join a Third Order?
The last category sounds like the Nazirites. A vow made to G-d for a specific period of time.
Can someone become a consecrated layperson on their own ? Without having to join any kind of institute or society or third order ? With a spiritual director ?
Excellent video, thank you.
You can be consecrated to Sacred heart Jesus and the immaculate heart of Mary and follow what they ask in devotion.
I see it necessary not even a option in these dark times ,
its the End the end of times.
No offense, but for my UA-cam research, I encountered too many big words to understand what's going on here. Will make a video reply fs
Which catagory are Redemptorists?
where does the "Old Roman Catholic Church" fit into this all these orders?
I don’t believe the so-called Old Roman Catholic Church is in communion with The Catholic Church. It is its own religion, not a religious order.
What about the preists?
Why do the Diocesan priests fall?
What about the Opus Dei?
CounSEls!
I’m well aware. My editor made quite a few mistakes this week.
What an amazing video,May lord make a way soonest for me as I search for cogregation
try the ( OSA ) Sisters of St. Rita
What about Jesuits?
😥😥😥
Do you believe in theosis?
I'd like to be a Consecrated Secular Franciscan.
The Secular Franciscans are not consecrated, that is, they do not make vows. Instead, they make a permanent public promise to observe the Gospel by following in the footsteps of Francis and Clare. There is a 27-month initial formation process and a written Rule approved by Rome. Secular Franciscans (OFS) are worldwide. Today there are proximately 350,000, with about 11,000 in the US. No matter where you live, there's likely a local fraternity near you. Members are male and female, single, married, divorced, widowed. Secular (diocesan) priests may also become Secular Franciscans.
Anchoritic life style is like hikikomori before it was a thing.
Vow of poverty, chastity and obidiemce. I’ve seen priests who own gadgets you can name and have nice cars. Vow of poverty?
Diocesan (secular) priests do not take a vow of poverty. They receive a salary and may spend/save it as they wish.
Thanks for banning my comment.
What happened?
Get wrecked scrubby
@@5kydragon347 Maybe my comment was too long for his taste. I'll post it here again, maybe it won't be banned here.
"You are meant to live a sacred life-a life of purpose, meaning and direction. But the world is a hazardous place, and many people do not have the opportunity to assume a greater life due to poverty and oppression, religious oppression, family obligation. But for those who have this opportunity available to them at this moment, the calling is there, you see. The desire is there within you.
The Will of Heaven is all around you, but the world has many attractions, seductions and distractions. People are called away, and as is so often the case, they give their life away prematurely-in relationships, bonding themselves to people, places and things. This fills up the need temporarily, the need for the sacred life.
People fill up their life with necessities, afraid if they do not do this, there will be nothing for them. Driven by the fear of not having, they seek to have as much as they can until their arms are full and they can carry no more. They are too encumbered now by their own desires and insecurities to be able to receive the sacred life.
You have been sent into the world for a purpose. This purpose requires you to enter a new kind of life experience-a different state of mind, a different awareness of yourself and others and a different relationship with the world itself.
To do these things is your destiny, you see, and destiny is everything. It is the most important thing. But people create their own destinies, or try to. The cultures they live in encourage them to do this, prescribe what must be done, what must be accomplished at a given age-when you should marry, to have family before you are ready, to fill your life up with all things that the culture or society prescribes. But God has another plan for you.
People think the sacred life is a monastic life, but this is not the case. For in almost all cases, people’s work is out in the world. That is where they must learn to live the sacred life.
But to approach this life, there must be a yielding and a recognition that your attempts to fulfill yourself are fruitless and will not lead to success. This can be learned more quickly by recognizing objectively the lives of people around you-their successes, their failures, and ultimately their disappointment.
The world is demonstrating every form of error and misgiving. If you can see this, it will save you time. It will save you suffering. It will save you needless experimentation. It will save you grave disappointment. It will save you from giving your life away and then having to work very hard to reclaim it later on.
People are not willing to wait. They are driven by their cultures and their conditioning and their insecurity. Their time of recognition may be years away. What will they do between now and then? Can they wait? Can they build the Pillar of Work, the Pillar of Relationship, the Pillar of Health and the Pillar of Spiritual Development? For this is what your youth is for, you see. There is much to be done. There is great focus. There are important accomplishments.
But people want the answer now. They are unwilling to live with the questions, but it is only living with the questions that brings the real answers to you in time. But this takes self-confidence and self-trust and self-appreciation and the support of at least one wise companion to remind you and to warn you of your predispositions and errors.
You have a goal and a destiny, you see, but you must build the foundation for this destiny. You must build and cultivate the understanding and the awareness of this destiny and your need for it.
For only Heaven can fulfill you in this world, and Heaven fulfills you by working through you, through the deeper power and presence within you, the power of Knowledge. Everything else is an expedient. Everything else is temporary and subject to grave change and disappointment.
You must find this sacred life. You start with yourself, within yourself, to find the source and center of your power and inner direction. You begin to disengage from those relationships and involvements that do not represent the deeper yearning of your heart. And you find the Revelation in the world that will ignite you, for you must be ignited by forces from beyond yourself. You cannot ignite yourself.
The journey has stages. It has thresholds. It is not just an answer or a belief or a system of thought or adherence to an organization. Those things do not lead to a sacred life without this deeper reckoning.
There is a time of life where Heaven will call you. You need to be ready for this. You will need to make your life ready for this. That is your work, you see. Beyond your employment to support yourself and your basic responsibilities, this is your work."
A quote from a teaching titled *Sacred Life* - read or listen to the whole teaching at *NewMessage org*
Fr Casey doesn't do that, more than likely UA-cam decided it was too long to be posted.
@@TreverSlyFox I doubt that because it was visible to other accounts as I posted it (I always check) and after a minute it wasn't visible anymore. It's called shadow banning on UA-cam. Only the person who wrote the comment can see it after it's shadow banned.
So fake deepfake
What does it mean when a priest shoe are found in front of a nuns door. Dedication right?
Tell me who your with and I’ll tell you who you are. Where do you stand.
But seriously let me share:
Israel in Old Testament same as the body of Christ(the Church)= the New Testament
These are God’s people set apart in life style and heart They are witness with and and without words promoting the Kingdom of God on earth giving all the Honor and Glory of God
And is not Scriptural, it by Faith not by Works, this is Why it important to Truly Talk to Our Lord, and Read His Word the KJB Bible to Know Our Lord More,
You people who keep spouting off about the KJV. It is not THE Bible to end all! In fact, it is an incomplete bible. If you want to read the first and correct one, then try the old Latin Vulgate Bible or one of the modern Catholic bibles. The KJV has some of the most beautiful language in the world (Elizabethan era) but it is a hack job mandated by a homosexual King (as in James) and a group of men who were anti-Catholic. Thus, it is tainted. You get what you pay for!
The Church as a whole, the bishops, do an incredibly poor job to popularize or encourage or inform young folks or anyone for that matter on anything of these choices. Bishops are such silly things that if they do encourage religious life they view their own regional seminaries for diocesan priesthood for men as the proper choice and discourage priesthood’s in other orders with consequences that person interested does not commit to any order.
In my mind, the high prayerful orders like the Trappists should change their focus to encourage yearly or 3 years commitments and abandon emphasis on life long vocations. In this way, it is hoped anyone, under 55 can offer yearly commitments. The idea is catholic men and women can offer 1 year of service of prayer. Sort of like mormons who do 2 year missions.
You are clearly in the wrong Congregation, my brother. Because you love being in the Social Media, you should be in the Order of Preachers or other Order/Congregation without the level of the Vow of Poverty as the OFMs. I think St.Francis wont like you being in Social Media but instead live the simple life that he bagan. If I'm wrong and truly the Rule of St.Francis is watered down by our generation then Holy Saint Francis was right about the lukewarmness that he prophesied in his own Order.
Praying for you.
God bless
How do you think that you know anything about the simplicity of my life? I think it's fairly judgmental of you, don't you think? St. Francis himself told the brothers that they were allowed to have the tools of their trade. That's what I have, owned by the ministry, not me. My life--in what I eat, wear, and do--is very simple.
Serving the poor and sick Is my calling. I’m making progress in joining the Franciscans. Pray for me that my path to postulancy continues to grow and I remain faithful to our Lord
Praying for you, Brother!
How u doing bro
Love from Mizoram ❤️🙏
Consecrated Virgin here! :)
Hi! Was the consecration able to be done by your priest, or maybe I saw a bishop?
Oh, I see them both. I need to ask how to get it organized. The one other person I know of was in a community though. I’ll still see if I can check with her.
If lived well, these types of lives are a sure way to heaven.
I’ve been looking for an explanation like this! Thank you!
You didn't talk about 'Opus Dei'.
Sorry, there are thousands of different individual communities. I couldn’t mention them all.
Anchorites-- I have a name....I didn't know that....I thought I was just consecrated lay person. That's what everyone keeps calling me. Now I know. Thanks for teaching. I'm not sure what the 7sisters and brothers are connected to, tho'...we are too new, as far as I know. My profession was private, by apostolic order, I believe that I fit, regardless of however God wants me and my brothers and sisters to be in formation. Thanks for this video. I hope it brings lots of Vocations!
Hello-- Private vows here, too. The vows could be either private or public (Diocesan hermit, vows taken from the hands of a bishop). Both require rigorous discernment.
Any lay groups for older single - never married - ? Most groups I've checked into were for for married men & women with families
I think there is a Franciscan order for lay people
Benedictine Oblates accept either single or married. I believe most other third orders do the same.
Eudist of the 7th hour is for you
Try the Secular Franciscans. They are members of the Third Order, male and female, single, married, divorced, widowed, also diocesan priests.
Can we get a full video on nuns and sisters and other religious?
I am officially being consecrated on Wednesday feb 9th 2022 at 6pm as a consecrated virgin i first heard about this vocation on your channel thank you
Wow, I had no idea I could join a religious order as a married person! Can you switch to the one for widows if your spouse dies?
Try the Sisters of St. Rita
You cannot join a vowed religious order as a married person, but some orders (like the Benedictines) have associates which they call oblates. The Franciscans, Dominicans, and Carmelites have lay Third Orders whose members can be male, female, single, married, widowed, or divorced.
Great video. Very much limited to Roman Catholic. Eastern Catholic Churches have both western forms such as what you describe in the video and traditional Orthodox monastic forms (novice, rasophore, stavrophore and great schema). The ancient military-religious Orders (Teutonic Knights, Templars, Knights of St. John, the Spanish and Portuguese Orders, and a few others) were interesting because of the way they combined warfare and Religious life (with some even allowing married knights to be "fully" professed).
Can men be consecrated virgins?
Yes
@Matt Not, specifically no. The rite of consecration to the vocation is specifically for women. Men can certainly take vows of chastity either in community or as a personal devotion, but they wouldn’t technically be “consecrated virgins”. If you are curious take a look at paragraphs 922-924 of the catechism.
There's a similar but different thing
Thank you Fr Casey for "preaching and teaching" (1 Timothy 5:17)!
Really interesting with the apostolix societies, it seems very similar to the way the nazorite vow works in the old testament, not a vow for life but for a period of time
My "consecrated life" has been my nursing career. I've devoted my career and life to God.
Even tho i am a literal heathen (prefer the term much more than pagan) i felt for years that a monsastic life lived in honour of a vocation would be a good fit for me.
However heathens in general are rare nowadays, and even rarer is for me to find enough like minded individuals to even start a prayer group...
Peace my dude
Arent you allowed to leave if you wanted to leave no matter what your form of consecrated life? Nobody is forcing you to stay, right?
love it , may i make a suggestion , can u make a video on the difference between anglicans and catholics