Vocation Testimony

In prayer God speaks to the soul. Whenever I prayed I used to get a desire to consecrate myself to God in religious life though I didn’t pay much heed to that silent whisper deep in my heart. It was after my high school studies that I expressed my desire to become a religious for the first time. I repeated my request after my higher secondary exams. They refused again. I pursued my studies at Kottiyam Holy Cross hospital. It was while I was there doing my Nursing that I came across the cloistered Carmelite Nuns. When I expressed my desire to become a Cloistered Carmelite nun they opposed vehemently saying that it is a very hard way of living religious life. Then I decided in my heart that I want it the hard way. In order to change my mind they send me to Dubai to write an exam in view of getting a job there. I failed and returned. I was back to Kottiyam holy Cross Hospital as a staff nurse. To make a long story short, I entered Carmel without the consent of my family with the help of my aunt who was a Holy Cross Sister. Effort to bring me back continued till my first profession. But the Lord won at last. My family eventually reconciled to the fact and now they rejoice with me.
An abundance of corn and new wine he has poured into my heart … This is what I can say when I thin of my call to Carmel.

- Sr. Teresa of Jesus