Single-Hearted Devotion

This Sunday the topic of single-hearted devotion was discussed in the homily. Father Meinrad Bruner was our guest celebrant from St. Meinrad Arachabbey and the words that he spoke have stayed with me throughout this week. He spoke beautifully about vocation and honoring your vocation with single-hearted devotion no matter what road blocks get in your way. If you are called to marriage to live out that call with every fiber of your being, to nurture it, and seek God with all that you are. He said that if you are called to religious life or the priesthood that you should seek that path with all that you are working to build the kingdom of God on earth with either your parish or community. His homily was great and I was renewed in my own effort to seek after God's call on my life with all that I am. As I have reflected on this throughout this week, I was continually reminded of the blessing that comes with having others seeking God along with you. When the road blocks and challenges arise in each of our journey's there are people that God has placed in our lives there to support, encourage, and love us through the challenges.

I am blessed to have a supportive circle of friends that are here to journey with me. Some of them have been called to the vocation of marriage and others religious life or the priesthood, but all of us are on the common journey of seeking God with all that we our and living out our baptismal call to love God and serve our brothers and sisters here on earth. The homily this week has filled my heart with gratitude and the desire to continue living out my vocation with all that I am. It was a reminder to continue to embrace this time of serious discernment and faithfully work towards being ready and able to enter Our Lady of Grace Monastery. Thank you to all of the beautiful men and women in my life who support me and love me and keep me grounded in this wonderful journey of seeking God. From my college friendships to the Sisters at OLG, I am constantly reminded that I am not alone on this journey (my office is covered in encouraging cards from all of you)! I am blessed and I thank God each time I remember you.