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Thread: Whom shall we send? The Vocations Thread
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harmony hope
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With God go with you LS (candle - my laptop won't let me for some reason!)
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Amos
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![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) Will be thinking of you, LS.
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Piglet
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All the best, LS.
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Thurible
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As a matter of interest, is anyone visiting Staffordshire on 10 March...?
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Pomona
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Cutting it fine, but LS.
Anyone else (still) being pulled by God kicking and screaming?
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St Everild
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quote:
Originally posted by Thurible:
As a matter of interest, is anyone visiting Staffordshire on 10 March...?
Thurible
Why do you ask, Thurible?
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Raptor Eye
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Laxton's Superba
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Laxton's Superba
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Thank you all. I had an excellent time. Whether or not that translates into a recommendation, I don't know. But it was a hugely powerful experience.
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Jante
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So pleased to hear your BAP was a powerful experience- I remember my own being similar. It's good to feel that you have given your all and its now up to God and the assessors. as you wait this next week will feel like the longest ( except for the last few days of pregnancy if you go over due date!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif) )
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Niminypiminy
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I've been thinking of you LS and wondering how it went. I too remember my BAP as a very powerful experience. And absolutely exhausting! It's a hard week of waiting, LS, and I'll be praying for you as you go through it.
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Piglet
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LS.
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Thurible
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Very many prayers as you wait.
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Niminypiminy
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Oh LS that is such hard news for you to bear. That is really bloody hard.
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Piglet
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Sorry to hear that, LS. Is the "no" set in stone, or can you try again?
for whatever you decide to do next.
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aig
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L.S. - prayers for your next steps
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Raptor Eye
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Laxton's Superba, my prayers for you too as you continue to discern God's calling. All will come right, in His perfect timing.
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Laxton's Superba
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This was my second time.You can have three, but I don't know anyone who has been a third time. I am having troubled reconciling myself with this decision. Being in church today was so hard.
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Niminypiminy
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I know someone who went three times, and the third time was a yes. But it is too soon to think about that. You need to deal with where you are now, and the disappointment and grief you are feeling. It's such a huge thing to go through the whole discernment process again, and prepare yourself for the BAP, and then go through the BAP and the days of waiting, and then to be told no.
I hope your diocese is going to give you support in the next few weeks and months, as you grieve.
for you
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Thurible
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That is shit, LS. Many prayers for you and those looking after you.
I'm at the station waiting for the train to my BAP. I would be very grateful for your prayers.
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Piglet
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Thurible.
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Thurible
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Who knows? Well, the advisers and the secretary now and, in a week, the Bishop. It wasn't too traumatic, happily.
Thank you, all, for the prayers. Please continue to hold the candidates before God as we wait.
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tessaB
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Is it alright for someone to post on here who is looking at licenced ministry rather than ordained? Both my husband and I saw our vicar last night as there is a faint possibility that God might be gently wondering if, no pressure or anything, just a maybe, we could see ourselves as LLMs?
EEEEEEK!
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eating chocolate to the glory of God
Holiday cottage near Rye
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Piglet
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for you and Mr. B. as you contemplate your new vocations.
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Thurible
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I wasn't recommended.
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Raptor Eye
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Thurible.
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Piglet
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Sorry to hear that, Thurible.
for you as you decide your next move.
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Laxton's Superba
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Thinking of you Thurible, and prayers, I know exactly how you are feeling. It's horrid, isn't it. Hoping that others doors may open for you.
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Pomona
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Thurible
I am off to meet with the sisters of St John the Divine in Birmingham on the 15th of April - not to apply to be a postulant before anyone gets excited! It's just for general vocation-exploration. I do think that if I am called to be a nun, it will be one who wears a habit.
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iamchristianhearmeroar
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Hope your visit goes well on the 15th JC. My first meeting with a Diocesan Vocations Adviser is this Friday. It's only an unofficial chat at this stage, as I'm not officially in the process yet, but I don't suppose that will necessarily make me feel more relaxed! It's coming at the end of a very busy two weeks at work, so prayers for strength (and not too much yawning)!
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