tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post4220529746967466888..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: "The Deepest Longing of a Woman's Heart...."Seraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-15715840614949014702014-04-22T00:29:07.410+01:002014-04-22T00:29:07.410+01:00If I may humbly correct you, Seraphic, I think you...If I may humbly correct you, Seraphic, I think you mean St Gianna Molla (I only know this because I'm reading a biography on her).Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-87325781213055383292014-04-21T21:32:38.633+01:002014-04-21T21:32:38.633+01:00I like St Edith Stein so very much! I am currently...I like St Edith Stein so very much! I am currently reading her collected letters (to family members, nuns, priests, philosopher friends, students, and so on). She had such a large acquaintance, even when she had already been in the Carmel for years. And you get a very personal view on those horrible times in Germany in the last century.<br />Her writing on women has opened my eyes to a lot of new aspects of women's nature and calling.<br /><br />A very happy Easter to you, Auntie, and to all readers!Magdalenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-65787452744115284642014-04-21T18:21:59.829+01:002014-04-21T18:21:59.829+01:00Oh, and you can--and should-- surrender totally to...Oh, and you can--and should-- surrender totally to God's will whatever your state in life. St. Edith would want me to make that totally clear. <br /><br />A good example of a single woman who did that was Blessed Natalia Tulasiewicz. And St. Gemma Molla was a good example of a married lady who did that.Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-76939769143701352842014-04-21T18:20:24.038+01:002014-04-21T18:20:24.038+01:00No, it means that the only way a woman can be trul...No, it means that the only way a woman can be truly happy is to surrender completely to God's will.<br /><br />Surrendering completely to God's will is simultaneously the principle of religious life. <br /><br />Actually religious life is better than single or married life, but only in that having a priceless gift is better than not having the priceless gift. If God calls you to a religious life, that is a really good gift. And the rest of us can't complain, especially if we've been gifted with a relatively wealthy and comfortable life instead of the existene of a wretched and hungry North Korean. Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-58913747606782094562014-04-21T15:54:39.026+01:002014-04-21T15:54:39.026+01:00This quote is very upsetting. Does it mean that re...This quote is very upsetting. Does it mean that religious life is a better vocation than marriage or singleness? Please do explain. <br />Why would God call some women to marriage or singleness if religious life is "better" and the other two are "perversions"? :-(Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-3251082087212127012014-04-20T10:11:11.757+01:002014-04-20T10:11:11.757+01:00Oh my goodness, I just realized this in 21st centu...Oh my goodness, I just realized this in 21st century language and in terms of all humanity, not just women. I was stressing out about what to do with my life when I realized, near the end of the Good Friday service, that it's Not. My. Life. And the answer to the question is not what I want to do with my life, but what God wants me do to with His life. Only when we realize that our lives are not our own, only when we surrender the stranglehold we have on our fate and offer to God the life given by Him, can we truly be happy. It's the great paradox - "he who loses his life for Me, will save it, and he who saves his life, will lose it." Perfect timing. And Happy Easter!Sherwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-19639988704608449292014-04-19T14:46:38.048+01:002014-04-19T14:46:38.048+01:00beautiful.beautiful.Nziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611004371935380366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-2054428754148758672014-04-19T13:01:49.554+01:002014-04-19T13:01:49.554+01:00I'm currently doing a research report on Edith...I'm currently doing a research report on Edith Stein but I've never heard this quote either. This is beautiful and inspiring!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235405800003337267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-15794837233148204022014-04-19T11:23:55.814+01:002014-04-19T11:23:55.814+01:00It leapt off the page at me. Every college-trained...It leapt off the page at me. Every college-trained English-speaking woman should read Stein's "Woman" (ed. Gelber & Leuben), ICS, 1996. German-readers should read "Die Frau" (1959).Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-36252415532232600842014-04-19T09:59:06.981+01:002014-04-19T09:59:06.981+01:00Beautiful. I have never heard this quote before, b...Beautiful. I have never heard this quote before, but it really spoke to me. Thank you!Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005236677096602497noreply@blogger.com