What is Consecrated Life?

There are many forms of consecrated life in the Church.

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[camperiv]

I'm discerning a benedictine vocation and/or the sacred priesthood. Please do pray for me!

[cf_]

Serving the poor and sick Is my calling. I’m making progress in joining the Franciscans. Pray for me that my path to postulancy continues to grow and I remain faithful to our Lord

[aslinndhan]

I grew up around a Carmelite convent. I caught the school bus just a block away and I could see them, in their dark brown ankle length habits and black veils and rosaries on their belt. They looked like angels to me. I wasn't even Catholic then, but I became Catholic at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, now St. Francis Catholic Church in Logan, West Virginia. God bless you Father! God bless your ministry.

[thisisgin]

Im Discerning the Passionist Spirituality, particularly in the Priesthood, please pray for me

[hilarywilkinson]

Thank you for this video. I am a Carmelite Secular having said my ‘ First Promise ‘. Twenty years ago I became a Catholic and for long time knew I was being drawn into something more than the usual activities of the parish, and I then met an amazing woman who introduced me to the Carmelite way of living. It has been wonderful journey...I am learning so much and the daily routine of prayer and reading has given structure to my daily life. I am now a widow, but amongst my group there are married people, single people, widows like me and one who is about to enter Carmel to become a nun.

If you want a deeper relationship with Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit, and if you would like to know more about Carmelite Saints this sort of life could be for you. In two and a half years I will take my ‘ Final Promise ‘ Doing this study and prayer has changed my life and healed a lot of old painful memories. And it is never too late, I am 76!!

God bless all of you who are reading these comments, and I pray that God’s will may be revealed to you.🙏🙏

[caroltaurua]

Greetings from Dunedin, New Zealand. I am a Consecrated Vigin living in the world. In 2002 I was granted the Consecration according to the Roman Canon. My main area of work is prayer including the Liturgy of the Hours (Public prayer of the Church), intercessory prayer, and being a presence to and for all. I thank God for calling me to this form of Consecrated Life.

[lohanthony]

Disernment communities? Sign me up! Those could be so helpful.

Thank you for another insightful video, Fr. Casey!

[WordsPictures]

I literally went to sleep wondering about the consecrated life outside being a priest / nun / taking " permanent " vows only to wake up to this on my feed. Thank you Fr. Casey. God has definitely used you to teach me a couple of things today and to remind me that He hears me.

[geraldineekhator]

St. Catherine of Siena was a third order Dominican who lived in two houses. She never married and is a doctor of the church.

[Reddmor]

Such a timely video for me! Discerning consecrated life right now, and planning on speaking to my priest about it. ✨😊✝️

[st.michaelthearchangel]

If lived well, these types of lives are a sure way to heaven.

[kathrynsue]

I am officially being consecrated on Wednesday feb 9th 2022 at 6pm as a consecrated virgin i first heard about this vocation on your channel thank you

[Mark-reeh]

That was surprisingly detailed and showed there’s a lot more diversity than I thought in the Catholic Church - and I thought I knew a lot about this!

Thank you, Brother!

[lisacecchinato]

Morning. I'm from Italy. 'm gonna leave for spending une year in a missionari comunity. It's from Brasile and there is a house even Gere in Italy, 1000 km from me. We work with poors, we live with them, juste like them, sharing everytjing.
I'm 50, and i Nevers never exoected my life could change this way. I feel fear, and a great Joy in the same time. Please, pray for me.
I promise i'll pray for tout and for all the consacrated.
Peace and joy

[yousifpeter]

Future Jesuit here ✝️

pray for me 🙏🌷

[aligolightly]

I didn’t quite understand it all. But, I feel like I am being called to a deeper spiritual commitment, and another marriage, with talents to be used for the benefit of the world. However that works, we will see. I am in RCIA, right now.

[tonydivito]

My 4th great grandfather was a Dominican in Baja California. Padre Gabriel Gonzalez. Originally from Spain. He successfully held off Mexican secularization efforts. Resisted occupying American forces during the Mexican-American war. Ended up as a successful rancher and parish priest. Raised a family of 11 children. He was one of two last Dominican Missionaries in Baja California.

[catheriner]

Thank you for the video father! Most secular institutes however are not for married people. They are for unmarried people who are called to profess the Evangelical counsels and live them in the world. It is a very distinct and beautiful vocation!

[Elizabeth-pcyx]

I’ve been looking for an explanation like this! Thank you!

[StvnDurand]

Thank you Fr Casey for "preaching and teaching" (1 Timothy 5:17)!