Such questions may arise because people confuse the vocation
of consecrated virginity with the taking
of vows of celibate
chastity by
religious and the consecration to celibacy
of the secular priesthood.
The quest for holiness within the
religious families taking the
vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience, was interpreted in terms
of the paradigm
of other - worldly salvation.
Franciscan Whereas Keep Watch takes refuge in an overabundance
of images and metaphors to make up for unsubstantial content mired in unescapable vagueness, Sr Patricia takes refuge in the idea
of charism over consecration as the main aspect
of religious life: «While every Christian is called to make visible the characteristic features of Jesus, Religious, through a vowed life of poverty, chastity and obedience, do this in a specific way through the charism of their Institutes»
religious life: «While every Christian is called to make visible the characteristic features
of Jesus,
Religious, through a vowed life of poverty, chastity and obedience, do this in a specific way through the charism of their Institutes»
Religious, through a
vowed life
of poverty,
chastity and obedience, do this in a specific way through the charism
of their Institutes» (p. 28).