Sr. Anne Retailleau, DW
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Every life is a vocation; every life is an adventure discovered daily with every step through small and great decisions. Life choices (marriage, religious commitment, professional commitment…) represent a promise for the future, an act of trust in the path ahead.
The choice of religious life builds on trust toward the person of Christ. This trust is developed through encounters: with men and women, with spirituality, with a Congregation. Each of these encounters reveals a unique way of seeking God and serving humanity in today’s world. Choosing religious life is opting for a specific path, taking a bet on the future, entering into a human adventure of solidarity and fraternity.
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Every life is a vocation; every life is an adventure discovered daily with every step through small and great decisions. Life choices (marriage, religious commitment, professional commitment…) represent a promise for the future, an act of trust in the path ahead.
The choice of religious life builds on trust toward the person of Christ. This trust is developed through encounters: with men and women, with spirituality, with a Congregation. Each of these encounters reveals a unique way of seeking God and serving humanity in today’s world. Choosing religious life is opting for a specific path, taking a bet on the future, entering into a human adventure of solidarity and fraternity.
Religious life, an adventure of humanity ? “Do not be afraid to go, to bring Christ everywhere, even at the fringes of the existence, even to those who seem too far, too indifferent. The Lord seeks everyone. He wants each person to feel the warmth of his mercy and his love”. (Pope Francis, closing mass – 28th World Youth Day). This invitation by Pope Francis sounds like an appeal to take into account all that makes up humanity. It is not a question of a spiritual side and a human side. No. Faith in Christ is lived through concrete actions. Choosing religious life in following Christ is the answer to the desire to live the Gospel message today.
Religious life, an adventure of solidarity and a humanitarian commitment? In faraway countries as in our living spaces, there is so much to be done to reach the “fringes of the existence”. There is so much to be done to humanize our relationships and our ways of life. There is so much to be done to invent new gestures of solidarity and reveal the love of God for humanity. Since the beginning, religious life responded to the needs of society at the time (education, health, social problems…). Still today, new calls spring forth and religious life can be the place where new solidarities are created.
Religious life, an adventure of fraternity ? For the religious, community life is a space to put one’s faith in practice. Building living relationship with Sisters or Brothers that we have not chosen is such a challenge! But most of all, it is a day by day commitment, creating ways of being together, of acknowledging and supporting one another. Building healthy relationship in community is a way of seeking to reveal the face of the living God. He gathers us together and invites us to dream a community united in his love.
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