Thoughts Beyond My Paygrade
An email correspondent wondered aloud: "I have heard it said that it is harder being a monk than a Priest. But if one gets the call from God to that vocation is it still hard?"
An interesting question. On the one hand, most callings we have a natural aptitude for. It is said that God builds on our nature. If our nature is for solitude, for example, it might be part of a calling for the monastic life. But there's also grace and as one saint whose name escapes me wrote, "The more you progress in the spiritual life the more you have need of God's grace." I think the life Mother Theresa led was often hard for her, but it would be absolutely impossible for the average person. Grace made the difference, though that doesn't appear to make it "easy" for us, no matter what our calling.
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