A Glimpse Into the Life of a Cloistered Nun - Mini Doc
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- Sr. Clare Joseph is a Carmelite nun in Terre Haute, Indiana. She and her sisters live a life of silence and contemplation behind a 'grille' and rarely leave the convent.
"We come here and we have nothing, but it doesn't feel like we have nothing - it feels like we have everything."
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Meet Sister Clare: Carmelite Nun
Terre Haute, Indiana
Sister Clare Joseph: My hands are empty. My pockets are empty. I own nothing. But everything that I have is interior, and it is rich beyond richness.
The Sisters live a life of contemplation and silence. They live behind a grille and rarely leave the convent.
This is a grille, and it’s more symbolic than anything. It’s a reminder to us, a reminder to others, that our life, it is separated, consecrated to God.
Sister Clare worked with the sick, poor, and dying for over a decade, but then felt called to join the Carmelites.
I’m a doer, and I thought, “I’m going to be God’s hands and His feet and His mouth and everything that I can, and just totally spend myself for love of God and love of His people.” I saw the tremendous need, poverty, and rejected people in our society, and I would pray, “Lord, if I were to go to a convent, if I were to live contemplatively, well, who will do the work?”
I’m trusting and believing solely that God will do all of the things that is in my heart to do. He will move the mountains. I give my whole self to Him. He will hear our prayers. It’s like God said, “Now I want to give to you.”
When I discerned my vocation, I had all this… “So strong, I’m going to do all these things and give all this stuff to God,” and then to just have that great reversal. We come here and we have nothing, but it doesn’t feel like we have nothing. It feels like we have everything.
That’s why we get up every single morning, go through the same routine day after day, because of the love and the graces and the beauty that God gives to us.
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My great-great Aunt was a Cloistered Nun up in Hamilton, Ontario. Once a year my grandfather and his elders would visit her. She had a very long, peaceful and content life considering the life she had as an Italian immigrant. I can't wait to meet her in Heaven!
Pray for her soul
If you mean the Carmelite convent, it is still flourishing. I've visited it.
シンガポールマファア
あなたわ(*´﹃｀*)
誕生したのわ？
母親です！
あなたわ(*´﹃｀*)
育ったのわ？
母親です！
あなたわ(*´﹃｀*)
理解し話したのわ？
母親です！
あなたが(*´﹃｀*)
今 存在するのわ？
母親が 居たからです。
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I just completed my year as an Aspirant for Carmelite Secular and received my ceremonial scapular. God willing, in two years temporary promise… and in five years Definitive (lifelong) promise!
I love hearing from our cloistered Sisters. How I honor your commitment and prayer life. Your are like Aaron and Hur holding up Moses’ arms during battle, holding up the Church and world.
Thank you 🙏🏻🕊🕊
All I can say is WOW. Unbelievable and beautiful. "I have nothing, therefore I have everything". Amazing, simply amazing.
Thank you, dear Nuns, for giving your life in prayer to God for all of us! God bless you!
These nuns are the healthiest & cleanest beings physically, mentally, emotionally & SPIRITUALLY.
You have clearly never attended catholic school. I have. And you are so wrong. They're human, and full of all the human flaws.
@@NinjaGrrrl7734 I have attended catholic school, and the comment of neilsant1194 is absolutely correct.
Yu are totally correct
Im crying like a lot haha it really makes me emotional to see nuns and monks. That’s so inspiring and beautiful. May the Lord be praised!
إن الله خلق الإنسان وأمره بعبدته وأرسل الى الناس الرسل ومن هؤلاء الرسل عيسى ومحمد عليهم السلام أن الله بعث النبي عيسى عليه السلام الى الناس لتوحيد الله ولم يقل لهم أنه أبن الله او أنه هو الله قال الله في القرآن الكريم( وإذ قال الله يا عيسى أبن مريم ءأنت قلت للناس أتخذوني وأمي ألهين من دون الله قال سبحانك ما يكون لي أن أقول ما ليس لي بحق إن كنت قلته فقد علمته تعلم ما في نفسي ولا أعلم ما في نفسك أنك أنت علام الغيوب. ما قلت لهم إلا ما أمرتني به أن أعبدوا الله ربي وربكم وكنت عليهم شهيدا ما دمت فيهم فلما توفيتني كنت أنت الرقيب عليهم وأنت على كل شيء قدير )
This is a lovely video. The following people are among many Carmelites who lived this life: St. Teresa of Àvila (Teresa of Jesus), St. John of the Cross (Juan de la Cruz), and St. Thérèse of Lisieux are well-known Saints. Edith Stein, a philosopher and academic, converted to Catholicism after reading one of St. Teresa of Àvila’s books, and became a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She died in a Nazi concentration camp. The stories of their lives and their writings may shed light on the vocation and life, for those unfamiliar with it.
It’s truly amazing, you can sincerely feel she has absolutely no worldly aspirations or desires. Only the devotion to good.
This is such a beautiful life for those who are called to it. Thank you for sharing it. It gives us such great hope during these difficult times. Pray for us!
Dear Carmelite sisters I want to request you to pray for my only son who has alcoholic problem because he also has a mental problem.he is in mid forties .his name is yashwant.thank you
Pray for him by the power of blood of Jesus
Praying for him
Pray the rosary. Amen 🙏
Pray the Divine Mercy chaplet.
Pray for me June fergus Auckland new zealand
Wishing I could be nun calling to serve god. Beautiful stories and inspiring.
SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you, dear Sisters, for praying for us! +JMJ+
I truly admire our religious sisters. What a beautiful vocation to give your life to our Lord. God bless them always. 💕🥰
My friend became a nun by accident. She was supposed to be going on a hen party to Alicante and filled in the wrong form at passport control. She didn't even realise for a week because, as she said "we were supposed to be doing a themed escape room and meditation retreat so it all made sense at first." Anyway, she decided to stay there and is now know as Sister Extravaganza.
Oh my god thats the greatest story ever
You change our world with your prayers.
Bless you all for holding a candle of wisdom and light for the world 🌍 at this time ❤️😍❤️❤️
I salute my dear sisters that honor Christ in the Contemplative life! Ty! 💖💖💖
Wonderful children of God. Thank you so much my sisters.
Dear Sisters, I wish I could do this but I have missed my vocation, this was my biggest mistake of my life. Now I’m 50 years old and I have a husband, but in my heart I always think about Jesus and I pray to be a good person. Please, pray for me and my family. Amen 🙏🏼
My dear sister, you have not missed your vocation. You are living it! Many people are praying and wishing for God to send them a spouse and family. Marriage is such a beautiful vocation just like religious life and single life. All of them lead us to Christ. I am married and have a wife, but God is number one in my heart. That's the way it's meant to be. God Bless you sister. Praying for you and your family.
U are were , were u can glorify God the most
I think you can still do it. You have to get permission from your husband and you cannot have young children. Many saints married early on and then became nuns. St Bridget of Sweden, my confirmation Saint, was one of those! You should contact the convent you’re interested in and ask for more information!
@@ntmn8444 Absolutely no reputable convent will accept a woman who hasn't been widowed or had her marriage annulled. That is terrible advice. You don't get to make a sacramental commitment to a man and possibly have children with him, then shirk that responsibility and run away to the convent because that sounds preferable.
@@ntmn8444 She didn't allude to the fact that she's unhappy with her husband.
Nice to meet u dear Sisters.. I also am a Carmelite from India.
God love you, dear Sister.
It's good to see these OCD nuns of St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila). Thank you for this video. God bless all of us and thank you to all the Carmelites for their prayers.
Simply beautiful!!
So so beautiful. Such an inspiration.
Thank you dear sisters for praying for us.
We pray for you.
Awesome
So beautiful! Thank you for praying for us all you nuns may Christ remember your kindness
May God Bless all of the Sisters.😇🙏
Thank you, dear sisters.
God bless you all 🙏😇❣️
Beautiful
A beautiful way of life. Totally devoted to Our Lord. Brilliant. 👍
beautiful chapel.
..you keep praying, we shall do the exterior work of feeding the poor, visiting the sick and those who are in prison. Being a witness to the world. You pray, be truthful and REAL in the life you live. We Franciscans are doing the external work, you do the internal prayer for all of us. Blessings and much love. Superior General. Francis Mary Cledwyn
Amen
Absolutely beautiful
So wonderful to share the daily life of work and prayer. I miss the nuns of stand ridge abbey. It's now a hotel not the same. It was such a special place
What a beautiful life dear sisters...🛐
Beautiful ❤️ 💕
Thank you for devoting your life to our Lord ❤️
Bendiciones
Excellent video, such a holy nun!
Lord Jesus is inspiring me to dedicate my life totally to Him.
@Anonymous Person Hello Good day!. We are sisters, Daughters of St.Camillus in Cebu , Philippines. We are present in 23 countries throughout the world. If you are discerning with your vocation , please contact us on facebook @ josephine vannini and / or on our facebook page @ Daughters of St.Camillus. Looking forward to hear from you soon. Thank you and God bless.
Then do it ❤️
My name is Treasa Veigas. I would love to be part of this Community. I am a retired Educationist, living in India.
Thanks our dear srs msy God help us,we are together in active life,may He help our consecration,we sre in the right place,always be happy in the Lord
Beautiful woman.
Inspiring.
I ❤️ these nun too much....
Dedicating their life to our lord Jesus Christ
Love you Jesus🥰
Truly very inspiring. Thanks for giving all to Jesus!
Offrir ça vie pour notre Seigneur est très beau bravo a toute ces religieuses
Pray for us, we pray for you.
Sometimes I feel being a nun is so cool because no life stress. No job stress haha 😆 and you are just in your own space without problems hopefully 🙏 ☺️✌️
you'll have different set of problems, but you are always surrounded with faithful people
That is completely the opposite of the reality.
You absolutely still have stress. Most sisters still have jobs. You are also living with a lot of other women who you didn’t necessarily choose to live with. There are lots of things that annoy and bother you
@@hayleymarse2853 Cloistered nuns do not have the typical job lay people have.
@@hayleymarse2853is it a myth or do nuns mastrubate
Linked to you on my vocations website. Wonderful work on this video, hoping to see more of them! Great lighting and sharpness too btw. If you don't mind sharing, what camera/lens did you use to shoot this?
Pray for us
My life....my final destination....🙏🙏🙏
The music spoils it
Karmel❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
To all who read this. I humbly ask that you spare a prayer for my brother Andrew Iosua. Many thanks in advance, God bless.
I like the background music! What is the title of the music used in the background?
Godbless
I always thought of nuns as sweet, peaceful, motherlike individuals. I'm a Christian myself and could never imagine being a nun. It takes a lot of sacrifice and devotion, that's for sure. I drink, swear, love sex and I love to have fun, and I've always been boy crazy yet I also could see the joy of being a kind person towards others, and the values of being virtuous. I could just only imagine the loneliness these women might feel, yet I also really admire what they do.
the loneliness is tempered by Christ... and fleeting..
What loneliness u talkin about? They are in the community with each other and above all they are with God in peace and when somebody has a God then he has everything already
Amy Bukouras
I've been lay celibate for 24 years. Try to live a quiet life and look after others.
Yea... nuns, monks, yogis... they live such simple humble lives but seem the happiest. Even though I can qualify to be a nun, I want to live life as third order
There are FSSP and ICKSP priests in Indiana. You sisters might find it very rewarding to celebrate the Traditional mass.
Whole Church should return to traditional teaching and Tridentine Mass. 🙏
I imagine as Carmelite’s they only do trad Latin Mass!
I am a hermit lay celibate so relate to this.
I'm not a Catholic, nor do I want to become one, but I watch these videos because I'm fascinated by how the church functions
You're fascinated for a reason. You should check Catholicism out. I promise you that any issues you have with the Church and faith can be reconciled.
Please pray for me for healing of my health to be a Nun
What a shame they only have the Novus Ordo Mass
Don’t know why but funny to Sriracha .1:11. Guess everyone needs a little spiciness 😎🙏
OK I saw soy sauce and Sriracha sauce on the table.
Good stuff, especially sriracha sauce
please also try to cover the lives of the Carthusian monks and nuns. thanks
There is something there to be had in the cloistered life.
Sisters, please tell me which prayer should I pray routinely to help me live a Holy life!
I'm not a nun, but I think the 2 most important prayers for a holy life are the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. I always pray the Rosary first and then the Chaplet.
Can't hear because of music
How to join here
Is it possible for the Church to have their own coffee cafe? Better than Star Bucks?
Honestly, I would be okay with this.
Can they ever see their loved ones again?
Their love ones can go visit them...
the loud music made it almost impossible to hear the nun's voice.
Go into the word and preach the Gospel 🙌
Their mission is to be contemplative. Their service is to pray.
And so they do preach the Gospel. They reached you today, didn't they, simply by existing?
The Church is One body... The Church functions as one body with different parts.." I am the vine and you are the branches".. these sisters are contemplative and form one part of the Body.. they pray.. there are others who preach... The " personal relationship and one to one relationship with Jesus and what Church you belong to doesn't matter" was never the teachings of the Church..that was a recent invention by protestants
This is the most humbling process. I can live with this kind of life without lux, away from the crowd and hopefully my name will change to Sr. Vanessa Barnabas Villaflores (So they will not be confused of the other one with kids and I can practice my vocation/calling). 🤞
In all humility you accept the name that is given to you.
In most monasteries the postulant can choose her own name but it needs to be approved by her superiors. It is relatively uncommon for a name to be given, still less common for the postulant not to have right of refusal if they dislike the name.
Where isca talk of os a pasiones nunca I Washington just readind
Pasiones nunca vocación?
All I see is Jesus Christ taking care of His bride's.
Surely he doesn't need that many brides, spare some for real men 😂
@@blindmouse7796 bride of Christ isnt mean in sexual way bro..its doesnt mean Jesus need bridge or wives..its mean theyre the woman of God...anyway GBU bro
@@blindmouse7796 "real men" you're implying that jesus isn't real? This was a bit disrespectful and selfish
Where did this idea come from? Why we don't see a nun in the Bible?
There are no nuns in the Bible because Jesus didn't finish establishing His Church until after His resurrection. How could they be in the Bible if they hadn't been created until after the events in the Bible occurred?
This is was what Jorge Borgolio seeks to destroy pray for these most admirable women
Nix the background music; it drowns out her speech.
🙏Lord Jesus may you graciously send genuine vocations aspirants to the religious communities❤may our hearts beat to adore and do your most holy will in the spirit of your divine love amidst human limitations and challenging situations of desolations❤🙏In every moment may we praise You and give You thanks with a grateful heart❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏
Can anyone tell me if there's any specific meaning behind the white cloaks some of them wear? I'm very curious
novices wear a different color until they takes their final vows. I believe the ones with the white ones are the novices and the ones with the black one are already passed their final vows.
If you ever need prayer warriors, drop a line or call your local Carmelite Monastery--
or join them for Mass.
What can I do, to become a nun of the carmelite sister's?
You should send a email or call to a carmelite convent and then they will reply you. Or just say to your priest that you want to be a nun and then he will help you to enter to a convent. God bless you ♥️
Start with small things, prayer fasting, not just food but time and devote it to prayer and devotions. Slowly remove material things from ur life. Put things like jewelry in a box, on a self. Give the wearing of them up for a time, to the Lord. Move slowly and see how it goes. You are making a life style change. Seek the Lord each time. If this becomes too much do not be broken hearted it just means He has another path planed out for you. He will always love ur devotion to Him no matter what loving path u take.
Ahmed N'apas
It's perfect for people with social anxiety
I always hoped I would live this way, after my divorce. I never tried to enter. Is it too late?
this was also my mom’s question, she asked a couple of missionary sisters and they said she couldn’t because she had chosen to marry a man instead of God... look it up to be sure tho!! God bless🤍
Pray and Ask communities!
Being divorced might be a problem, since in the eyes of the church, your property may have been divorced but you aren't, marriage is indissoluble unless you get an annulment.
If you obtain an annulment there are many orders which might accept you. If you're looking for the contemplative life try the Sisters of the Visitation.
If you are civilly divorced then in the eyes of the Church you are still married. Thus, you can't give yourself fully to God in a celibate life. If you can obtain an annulment then some Orders may accept you. If not, perhaps you might like to look at some Third Orders or becoming an Oblate. They accept married people.
I want to join you ...but does God want that 😊🙏
Please I want to join
Hello Good day!. We are sisters, Daughters of St.Camillus in Cebu , Philippines. We are present in 23 countries throughout the world. If you are discerning with your vocation , please contact us on facebook @ josephine vannini and / or on our facebook page @ Daughters of St.Camillus. Looking forward to hear from you soon. Thank you and God bless.
I have great respect for a life dedicated to prayer, but one thing that has often baffled me - from this sister in this convent, but also lots of others - is the repeated claim "I/we have nothing, it is a life of poverty..." No, it is a simple life, but it is far from poverty. These sisters have a safe, comfortable, clean, quiet, beautiful place to live, a bed, perhaps their own room, food on the table...some garden tending or other chores, but for the most part, they don't have to be distracted from their calling by having to provide for themselves. It is self-delusion to think this is poverty.
You have missed the whole point. They own NOTHING. The garments are not theirs, they have no private property, they have to ask permission to do something outside of their routine. In a worldly sense not to have things you want is poverty. You mistake poverty with security. They have security. I recommend two French films to help you to understand their poverty. One is on TH-cam. It is "Into the Silence ", the other is "Of gods and men". The are about male monastic community. The first film is a documentary. The second is a drama about a true event. You can see the Trailer on TH-cam.
Debra, just my thoughts. How are they earning money for that lifestyle? They should work or it’s a slothful life. Although they don’t own anything who affords the lifestyle? They are not above work and responsibility to provide for yourself, so who pays?
@@LizzieJD I can’t speak for this convent, but my cousin is a Carmelite nun and her convent made and sold communion wafers for churches all over the country as well as grew their own food. Other convents make rosaries or other types of religious items for sale in Catholic catalogs and stores. They all work within the convent, even the older sisters have jobs and duties each day. Being slothful would be repugnant to their values.
You confuse religious poverty with destitution and misery.
Assuming monastic life is easy because you watched a 2 minute video is like assuming motherhood is easy because you watched a Huggies commercial. Lol, just try it. A comfortable place... I literally can't even. Try sitting on a stool only, and never, ever sitting in an armchair. Try sleeping on boards with no mattress or pillow. Try eating what is put before you even if it is disgusting. Try having only two changes of clothes, which are expected to last you for the next 20 years. One pair of shoes. Try no internet, no movies, no TV, no books, no newspapers. Try no phone calls, no family, and even friendship is forbidden. You think lockdown is hard? Try it for the next fifty years. Try working from 4am to 9pm with your only break 45 minutes of "recreation" during which time you are expected to create craft for sale. I guarantee you would start to rethink your idea of poverty if you did try it.
They work to support themselves. The Church does not support them. They are working physically, mentally or spiritually nearly every hour they are awake. They never sleep in. They never even get 8 hours sleep. So it pretty obvious you don't know what you're talking about if you think this is an easy life. It is a life where every single moment is hard, one way or another, and there is never any rest, never a day off. But sure, it looked easy in the video.
Hello dear sisters in Jesus , please pray for me daughter Kenya.
Too many testimonies of nun abuse in the cloistered convent.... they can't escape and they say what they are told to say... very few have escaped and their testimonies all match... praying for the rescue of these precious ladies...
Sources?
This scares me. I wish to join
What a stupid comment. 😂
Their testimonies match, because they all read the same lurid books you do. Women choose to become nuns and are not physically restrained. They can leave at any time. Like I did, after many years. Or does my "testimony" not count because it isn't as exciting as the anti-Catholic melodramas you consume?
Can you be a nun if you have severe food allergies?
It will be hard but probably! You will spend a lot of time in contact with a vocations director so I’d recommend asking them!
Turn the music off I can’t even hear what they’re saying !!!
Can’t believe how they do that. I’ve got no hope of getting to heaven
not true, Pat, I will pray for you.
You totally have a chance. Start out small like reading a chapter of the Bible everyday and slowly work your way up.
She has a gold ring, a watch and lives in a guilded mansion. How is that living with nothing?
I believe it was Marx who said that when someone is truly poor people of higher status will look at any material they possess that’s not necessary to their survival as a luxury. Similarly, when you notice the sister is wearing a ring you scoff at the alleged hypocrisy that she claims to live a life of poverty yet owns a piece of jewelry. Perhaps she is a widow and the ring holds sentimental value. You don’t know what her story is. But anyway in reality taking a vow of poverty doesn’t always mean subjecting yourself to destitute conditions (even though some saints did), it means giving up everything the secular world has to offer. No home or car, no family to raise, and in many ways there’s little opportunity to leave behind a legacy that leaves the covenant. The purpose of their vows is to grow in humility. Just because they live in humane conditions does not invalidate the severity of their commitment
They wear a ring because it’s a symbol that they are married to God. A watch because they have daily schedules and routines like prayer time and other activities. Perhaps, it is proper to know about these things before we give our comments.
The watch and building don't belong to her. The ring isn't hers, either, and symbolizes her marriage to god.
What do you suppose she can do with "her" ring and watch? Sell them and go on a spree? They are not actually hers. She didn't go to a shop and pick them out. She doesn't even have the right to leave the house. She has no income. She never goes shopping. I doubt she even has a pillow, and that's if she's lucky enough to sleep in a bed and not on boards as many Carmelites do. Even her socks belong to the community.
Are they the poorest people in the world? Obviously not. The poorest people in the world are literally dying from poverty. Is that what you expect them to do? But do you also accuse married women in the world who have many more ornaments than a wedding ring and a watch? The goal is to live a simple life, not to virtue signal on social media. As someone with access to TH-cam and internet, you are already vastly more privileged than she is.
She has a small gold ring, given to her when she takes her final vows to symbolize marriage to God. She wears a simple watch to tell her what time it is so that she can be on time to prayer and meals. She lives in a convent. Yes, the building looks beautiful, but it is quite simple. The convent does not belong to her nor does the watch or ring. Religious sisters take a vow of poverty and obedience meaning that they do not own the clothing they wear