the holidays flew by!

As the title says, my holidays flewwwww by!!

They were amazing, gave me a lot of time to think and reflect. I think I have learnt a lot over these 5 weeks off, and hopefully will remain committed to the most important things.

This weekend, just gone, as I mentioned I stayed at an Order. It was a truly beautiful time, had quite a few good conversations about vocations which definitely helped! Surprisingly, I felt very much at peace the whole time I was there, not through being called to religious life but more so about life in general. For the time being I can say that I had no particular desire to run away and join an order! I loved having time in prayer however, and this is what I have been striving to achieve for quite some time, having set prayer time, that is.

Daily Mass is now a definite must for me. It always used to be and I'm going to make it that way again, well obviously through the Grace of God it will happen!

This all brings me back to the title, my holidays flew by! I started uni today, I can honestly say I am happy to have started back. This semester I am going to truly work on working hard! haha Pray, hope and don't worry!!!

Just before I go, I am soooooo excited because I leave for World Youth Day on the 10th August!!!! I seriously can't wait! I'll keep you updated hopefully while I am away.

God Bless!

Montana xo

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Check out Jason and Crystalina's website:

Q&A Library | Chastity.com

They are a young pro-life couple who give Chastity talks based upon their own life experience and research from many great Catholic Theologians, including Blessed John Paul II.

I highly recommend their book 'Finding your Soulmate, without losing your soul'.

God Bless,

Montana x

vocation to holiness

Haven't posted for awhile, but I am slowly beginning to place more trust in God. I have always struggled with this but hopefully I will get to the point where I can give Him everything and fear nothing.

I figured out, not too long ago, that my vocation first and foremost is a vocation to holiness. This ultimately leads to sainthood and eternity with God! The earthly vocations of single, married and religious life are merely ways in which to live out your call to holiness. I have been striving to become more holy. It's not really working because I don't think my whole heart and soul is in it just yet...I'm praying for that too!

I realised that holiness begins at home. I have done many things outside of home that I suppose keep me occupied, these things have all been in helping others. I find that when I get home I am generally too tired to help where my help is needed most. Simple things, like cleaning my room and washing the dishes were being neglected and so too was my prayer life.

I've learnt that before all I must put God first. Then comes my family and then the rest of the people in my life. By starting simple things, like doing the dishes or vacuming when I could have been lazy I have begun to find more fulfilment in life, and I still get to do everything else! But I'm making my family happy which is good!

Now I really, really need to continue working on my prayer life!!!! My challenge hasn't been the greatest, I did stick to it for a little while and still am somewhat, but I still struggle so much!

This weekend I am going to stay with some nuns. I am praying that I will be open to God the whole time I am there. I'm really quite nervous, I really don't know what will happen!

I'm also currently writing an article which will be posted on here soon :)

Well keep me in your prayers and I will pray for you!

God Bless,

Montana x

holiness...the challenge

So today I am setting myself a challenge.

it's not going to be easy, but that's ok, cause I know it's going to help me in the long run...

This challenge may be something you already do, in which case pray for me so I can continue to grow in holiness!

So here follows the first part of my holiness challenge:

Pray the rosary everyday, with love and devotion.

Ok so yes, at the moment, I have unfortunately slacked off in praying the most beautiful prayer besides the mass! I do feel quite ashamed but I guess at least I am going to begin again and strive to become a fairly accomplished saint ;)

I ask you to pray for me! And join me in this challenge, if you are not already :)

May we seek the intercession of St Therese of the Child Jesus and St Benedict (whose feast day it happens to be) that although it may be hard, may we offer all to Christ and grow more in love with Him each day.

God Bless!

Montana

and then there was study...

Soooo what did I do today....

Today I started the day with Mass which was sooooo good :) Best way to start the day I must say!

I started to clean my room which again was good! I'm making an effort to get rid of things I don't need, slowly but surely I am getting a more reasonable amount of possessions. I mean if I get married it's not like I can be keeping a mountain load of stuff from when I was two...and likewise if I become a nun, I don't own anything! :D so it's definitely a win win situation haha

And then I remembered...I need to study for exams! :O but heyyy, pray, hope & don't worry I say ;)

But seriously, I didn't do any study today and in 2 days I have an exam :/ now that is just slightly bad...here I am striving for sainthood and I'm putting off something that is definitely my duty in life at the moment.

So I decided tonight I should study, I still haven't started and it's 11pm soooo I'm not sure how far I will get. Tomorrow I'll get it done ;)

(I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one out there with such major procrastination skills?? surely?? haha)

In other news:

I'm continuing to pray! Just hoping to build on this more and more over the next few weeks.

I think St Therese is officially my new favourite Saint! - I'm praying to her at the moment...so hopefully she will hear my prayer :)

I want to learn more about St Bonaventure as well...

Oh, we are also looking after chicks at the moment...the mother was taken by a chicken hawk :( Will post some photos soon!

Anyways I should go and do some study!

Ave Maria & God Bless,

Montana x

P.S. Pray for me! :D

where is my life headed...

So, I've been away for the past week to a beautiful country town north of Perth, Toodyay.

We stayed at the Friary there - http://www.marygateofheaven.com/

It was so peaceful and beautiful. I can't wait to go back! I just loved having the chance to spend time in reflection and prayer, with daily Mass and adoration whenever you wanted...truly amazing!

Over the week it got me thinking a lot...and praying a lot...

Where is my life headed...????

I've always been confused as to my vocation in life, I feel I could be called to anything really! It's like one moment I'm getting married...and the next I am sooooo becoming a nun....or even single life! I just wish there was a way I could incorporate them all...hmmm maybe I should just lap up the time I have now of being single and then get married and become a third order religious...yep, that could work ;)

But in all honesty I can that if your a Catholic...and young...finding your vocation is probably the hardest decision to make. It's a killer for me! Having complete trust in God and giving over to His Will takes an enormous amount of courage, especially when it may be to something you really don't want to do.

Pray, hope & don't worry! That's basically what I should be doing! But it's sooooo hard! :/

Keep me in your prayers...and I will keep you in mine :) That is if anyone has found my blog...and reads it yet haha

God Bless! & Ave Maria!

Montana

Pray, hope & don't worry! - Padre Pio

and so it begins....

The first post of my new blog...what to say?!

Maybe a bit about me?

Well, I'm Catholic, studying philosophy, theology & communications, with the hopes of doing high school teaching :) and I'm a girl! :D

Ok so my motto to life...pray, hope & don't worry - padre pio.

Nearly everything I do results in me saying, "Well, I guess I'm just gonna have to pray, hope and don't worry!" It's so true though... Pray for the grace to get through certain trials, or even just the day in general :) Hope, or act upon your prayer and the grace given to you, do not stand idle... and lastly Don't Worry! Quite simply, leave it all in God's hands...don't worry about it...ultimately if you are doing all that you can do and are praying for grace then leave the rest to God!

So a very short intro (I have to go clean the house haha)...but I'll have more to come!

Ave Maria!

Montana x