Being laid up all weekend with added pain from injury (last weekend) has provided more enforced time and space to ponder God's will and the amazing timing and occurrences that come unexpectedly in our daily lives.
All is in God's purview, all is in God's domain and will. Even if some aspects "smell" of dark forces trying to discourage and disrupt, even God has allowed those for His good will and purposes.
My vocation as a consecrated Catholic hermit seems all the more in the background as far as the temporal aspects of this unique vocation. When I notice that the posts regarding "how" to become a Catholic hermit continue to be the most often read of my blog, I am thankful to be of assistance to others.
But what I've personally come to grasp in my over 17 years since profession of vows and living out daily the life in this vocation, is that the "how's" of the vocation and the temporal structure of the vocation pale in comparison to the living out--the pouring out--of one's body, mind, heart and soul through, with, and in the Body and Blood of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Perhaps the greatest aspect of being a consecrated Catholic hermit as in any vocation and as in being alive on this earth is that of being a tremendous lover of His Real Presence: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
A rule of life, one's vows, and fulfilling each aspect of what the Church states regarding what is a Catholic hermit and what is expected in defining aspects of being a hermit within the consecrated life of the Catholic Church can be tangible and necessary guides and requirements for a successful, eremitical vocation. Yet what matters ultimately is God's call and answering and living out that call, again, as a devoted (even if imperfect) follower of Christ and a tremendous lover of the Most Holy Trinity.
Day flows into night and night into day, and the life of a consecrated Catholic hermit as directed by His Real Presence unfolds. The consecrated Catholic hermit lives out to the best of desire, will, and God-given ability--the hermit life as lover of the Beloved.
To Him be the glory and the power forever and ever! It is love of Christ no matter all else that provides temporal and spiritual progression for a consecrated Catholic hermit...or anyone no matter the vocation or not one, for that matter.
God bless His Real Presence in us!
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