Devon, you remind me a lot of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of my heroes who died in 1997 and who was canonized a saint during Pope Francis’ pontificate. I encourage you to check out some of her writings. Now, she is a devout Catholic, so there are some things in her writings that you won’t agree with, but there are some remarkable similarities between her story and yours. She felt called by God to leave the Sisters of Loretto and give her life to serve Jesus in the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta, and part of that actually involved basic medical training as part of her preparation. She considered it to be her “call within a call”, and your new apostolate sounds like a “call within a call” as well.
Devon, you remind me a lot of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of my heroes who died in 1997 and who was canonized a saint during Pope Francis’ pontificate. I encourage you to check out some of her writings. Now, she is a devout Catholic, so there are some things in her writings that you won’t agree with, but there are some remarkable similarities between her story and yours. She felt called by God to leave the Sisters of Loretto and give her life to serve Jesus in the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta, and part of that actually involved basic medical training as part of her preparation. She considered it to be her “call within a call”, and your new apostolate sounds like a “call within a call” as well.
Appreciate it! I’ll check it out!
The movie is based on her writings here:
https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Teresa-Private-Writings-Calcutta/dp/0307589234/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=187196082420&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KB6wLcdi3hgZ8ChDrAO9KvIR5N3CTyiwIP5Tds6CX8RLGbJO4oUS5D0aEWBX50k-w5Yh9jIJdcXj-IPSitBCxRuZwipQ--CuEE1wzY0OW9gYrzQ83FRp1arBZlHzV4h69QN5xBj4EleNXjoFG1_CCEExNA6pO3KwoIClsiUG7hKRY5Znyp0GI3_rFSXCZvv5JiyBqYpfJc5_Gxahw-VIGA.BUJUBZjFotNdPwBPEG2tZfHARhpm8PY9X0SFiM9q6_M&dib_tag=se&hvadid=779702254724&hvdev=m&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9019557&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=16894004567130215941--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=16894004567130215941&hvtargid=kwd-316822619431&hydadcr=15122_13840004_1354360&keywords=come+be+my+light+mother+teresa&mcid=2222552d7d043e09af23a02a834b04c4&qid=1771947881&sr=8-1
You are very welcome! There was a movie about her that came out in 2015 that is very good called The Letters:
https://youtu.be/UAS_EeIxh5g