Choosing your vocation in life is the most important thing you have to do. It is a decision which will have implications for your whole life, one upon which all your future happiness depends. It requires a great deal of discernment, weighing your gifts, abilities, desires and opportunities in prayerful consideration to know God’s will for you. The one who takes time out to think and opens herself up to the action of the Holy Spirit can trust that she will know that joy and peace which only God can give.
From all eternity, God calls some women to be consecrated entirely to Him. The religious vocation is a reflection of the vocation of Mary, A contemplative nun is called to live in a very deep intimacy with Jesus. She is called to be a spouse and mother: a spouse of Christ and mother of souls through her life of prayer and sacrifice.
God issues His invitation in many ways—a vocation retreat, the reading of a book – especially the life of a saint who led the contemplative life, an inspiring homily, the example of a friend or family member, the advice of a spiritual director…perhaps even this very website will be the means of helping you correspond to the grace of a contemplative vocation. This happens in most of the cases, when one seriously thinks about one’s future state of life. At the same time, God leaves you perfectly free to accept or reject His invitation to this special way of life.