This is an interesting article published in this months U.S Catholic that I thought I’d share and see if anyone else finds it interesting!?  It rings a bell with me and I wonder if I’m not the only one?  I don’t mean that I agree that oblates and/or third orders are the future of monastic life, but that I identify (to a certain extent) with the desire to seek a more contemplative life – which is why I’m interested in becoming a Secular Franciscan.

 

http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201906/laypeople-seeking-monastic-life-modern-world-31738

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