“On the heels of…” our Dominican Experience Weekend in Irving, TX, at St. Albert the Great Priory and Novitiate (Southern Province, St. Martin DePorres), I wanted to point anyone discerning the religious life, especially Dominican life, to the Central Province’s new video: “Discerning“.
Great stuff, especially for those discerning hearts.
I say hearts because I am reminded of a young man on the weekend who was “at that point” ready to make a decision, ready to act, but not quite aware of it. I asked him if he knew of the Christian band Relient K and if he had heard their song “Over Thinking”:
i was thinking
over thinking
cause there’s just too many scenarios
to think about
to figure out…
Now, the song is about romantic relationships, but its message is clear to me: I can fantasize for years about what it might be like to follow a vocation… but if I never move beyond that, what’s the point? Ah, the cliché… Am I waiting for the burning bush?
In the words of St. Therese of Lisieux:
“To those whom he loves much, Jesus does not give much, but rather ask much.”
