#Vocation

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[weirdlookindog]

Peter Birkhäuser (1911–1976) - “In the Night of 13 October 1942”, 1975

[lucybellwood]

I’m cataloging 259 actual live geese right now, and I can’t tell the difference. Which is great, in fact, because it means I have something intricate and specific I’m about to learn. 

Absolutely in love with this essay from @pdxpersky about meaning and work and geese.

[ofruinsandmyth]

[inthissilence-ibeliev3]

Life lately

[transistoradio]

Felice Casorati (1883-1963), “Vocation” (1939), oil on panel, 59.5 x 78 cm.

[traditionaldream]

[ahopefulbromantic]

Congratulations on getting all your documents together!!! If I may ask, how did you discern and pursue becoming a consecrated virgin? I don't know much about them so I'm curious.

Thank yooooouuuuu yippie! 😁🥳🤸‍♀️

Oh it basically went like:

Me: "I'm never gonna marry anyone! Never ever nope!" Jesus: "Not even Me?" Me: 😱

That's the short answer here's the link to a longer one in another ask 😉

Oh and if you have questions about consecrated virginity i'd be happy to elaborate on that, too! I love questions and i love talking about my vocation yay!

[flore01]

Carlos in Scotland. Charles in Mexico. George in Spain. Lewis In Türkiye.

Yes, we are definitely on vacation!!🥂

[famuladomini]

The cells of nuns.

[homemaker-to-be]

✨Our vocation✨

We Live in a world of choises. Some women want to make a big Career and Others don't.

Maybe you study and you want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Thats nice.

Or you are a Girly Girl and you Love Hair and make Up. Maybe you want to be a Hair dresser. Thats so beautiful.

But maybe you are Not.

Some women have an other calling from god.

Some women are called to raise a Family, don't have a big Career and Being a Homemaker. Homemaker, housewife or Mother are so wonderful positions.

A Loving and warm Heard at Home can't be paid with any Money. IT makes a different and for a few people IT gives more freedom and a peaceful live.

Some women are Happy at Home. Happier that they Would be in a Job.

To be a Homemaker IS beautiful too😍🫶

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

The Reformation concept of vocation is that God’s calling is not limited to the isolated realm of the church. His calling can involve tasks outside the church and can include government service. We have two kingdoms with different job descriptions and responsibilities, but God can call people to be engaged in either one. He calls people to the Gospel ministry; He also calls people to be civil magistrates. Sometimes lost in current debates on the nature of these two kingdoms is that Jesus reigns over them both. We do not want to conflate the two kingdoms. Neither, however, do we want to deny that Christ is Lord over the whole of creation. Some would argue that the church has nothing to say to the broader culture and should be silent before it. This view, often called radical two kingdoms, or R2K, largely leaves the realm of creation to its own devices. The Reformed view affirms that Jesus calls us to work with Him to bring all things into subjection.

R.C. Sproul, Truths We Confess

[soisaidfine]

Louis Jouvet: What is their vocation? | Ethel Cain: I do it for my daddy and I do it for Dale (Portland 2024)

'Choosing in favor of those two paths toward poetry and freedom'

She's doing what she wants and, damn, she's doing it well.

Louis Jouvet, The Disembodied Actor:

"Vocation. Separating oneself from the ordinary. A kind of romanticism. Distancing oneself from a contented mediocrity that seeks nothing, that sees no problem other than money or well-being. Choosing in favor of those two paths toward poetry and freedom, against which Flaubert says there is a general and permanent conspiracy. A desire for friendship, for happiness; fleeing the solitary harshness felt within, the unbearable intimacy. Also, a taste for parody in some, irony, a hunger-suppressing diversion from anger, rebellion, not wanting to take oneself too seriously, nor especially others. To rid oneself of bitterness. Disgust with the bourgeoisie at certain times. The ability to be outraged, to scorn. The mind and the heart are never clearly distinguishable from one another. An impatient kick against imposed convictions. Youthful romanticism. And all the flattery that explains and expresses itself. A slave market. A taste for luxury, for lucre, for love. Lacking the ability to go elsewhere, one goes to the theater. Instead of diverging, one joins. A taste for confidence, confession, admission. Pride in oneself. Vocation, an immense receptacle that contains all feelings in their origin, for which it is impossible to find moral or pedagogical precepts. All these vocations are drawn into the works of the time, by the dramatic spirit blowing at that moment: “One may hesitate before placing one’s heart in the hands of the public.” It is primarily the actor's own contentment at stake, their relief."

"What is their vocation? Often based on flaws, even vices. But that matters little—whether one wants to be a teacher out of a taste for domination or governance, or a soldier out of a desire for the uniform, it matters little. Most human actions are driven by motives that are somewhat impure, or at least questionable. What is important is to purify them afterward, to ennoble them through the sense of profession one discovers, through practice, through self-knowledge, through a self-improvement that elevates you. To be religious out of fear of hell, or out of fear of struggle, or out of disgust for life, or out of despair from love—the initial motivation should not be despised; the essential thing is to then reach where one must, to place oneself on the true professional level, in the love of God, in the love of one’s vocation."

Louis Jouvet: The Disembodied Actor

Video 503markw on YouTube: Ethel Cain, 'American Teenager', Portland, Oregon, Pioneer Courthouse Square, August 13, 2024

"I do it for my daddy and I do it for Dale I'm doing what I want and, damn, I'm doing it well For me, for me For me, for me, yeah"

[owenbroadcast]

[trailofleaves]

“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

— Albert Camus

[fiat-veritas]

There may be some hope for the situation with my family but I really need all of your prayers. Please, please, ask God for a miracle with them. I am so hopeful and trusting that He will provide for me but a lot of grace will be needed for my family to come around. Please keep praying!