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What if you want to be both a singer and a nun?

Sue asks:

Hi. I was just wondering: if you have a big vocation, such as if you want to be a singer and a nun, how do you know what you want to be if you want to be both? When do you know? Thank you.

Dear Sue, 

There are two opposite directions we can approach vocation from. One is what WE think, feel, prefer, and want. The other is what HE thinks, feels, prefers, and wants. Your question can only be answered by making the leap to the second dimension or direction. You already know you want to be both, but have the feeling it may not be possible to combine them. OK. Thats as far as you can go from the direction you are taking.

 

Now, try the other direction. How? You have to look into orders. (You may already be interested in some particular one.) As you visit or get to know them, God will let you know in his own way where he is calling you. Your singing may be used many ways to give glory to God, but you are probably thinking of a career on stage. How much of that is just a dream? How much is a real possibility? I think you should give priority to the vocation, and if your talent for music can be developed there, so much the better. But dont leave the vocation aside for your music.

 

God bless,

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