I spent the morning at our novitiate house interacting with the 8 novices of our Province. It was good. After long, engaging myself in a discussion and that too discussing matters concerning vocation and religious life... it felt good. Moreover it was good to be questioned about some of the things I said or what they had heard of religious, or priestly life. Though most of it was the usual set of questions that I am asked: Difference between Brs and Priests? Response of my parents to my decision to be a Br? Formation course of both? My experience as a Br among Priests?
However, there was something that I emphasised most during the interaction with them: A diminishing HUNGER or PASSION for anything in life. That they seemed to have grasped and acknowledged too. I did not speak of passion for Christ or God, at all but rather insisted on having a passion for atleast something in life. Unless there is that hunger we live a very complacent life ... and modern notion of religious life, further strengthens that lethargy and mediocrity, I added.
However, there was something that I emphasised most during the interaction with them: A diminishing HUNGER or PASSION for anything in life. That they seemed to have grasped and acknowledged too. I did not speak of passion for Christ or God, at all but rather insisted on having a passion for atleast something in life. Unless there is that hunger we live a very complacent life ... and modern notion of religious life, further strengthens that lethargy and mediocrity, I added.
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