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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> ‘God met my reluctance with grace.’ </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>Oct. 1, 2024</time> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Sister Christina Marie, Order of Cistercians at Valley of Our Lady Monastery</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>Oct. 1, 2024</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Cover4_SisterChristinaMarie.jpg/5e36d904667111f0bc5a8e9d719a61b1?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Cover4_SisterChristinaMarie.jpg/5e36d904667111f0bc5a8e9d719a61b1?width=900&height=506" alt="Sister Christina Marie (Photo by Bruce Fritz)" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Sister Christina Marie (Photo by Bruce Fritz) </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">My career was flourishing. With a master’s degree in ecology, I was working at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico. Things were coming together for me to pursue a doctorate and continue my career in ecological research.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Only one thing was amiss: My heart was unsettled. Despite my efforts to convince Christ that there was no way I could be a nun, an undercurrent of gentle invitation remained. I took a leap of faith — well, a guarded one — and gave Our Lord a year to lay to rest the question of a religious vocation. Surely it would be perfectly clear that I was not called to religious life and could move on with my life.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">God met my reluctance with much grace and persistence. Monastic life resonated deeply with how I felt called to live: with a unity of purpose, with all one’s being and activities consecrated to God, offering to him in prayer the needs of the Church and the world. I am humbled and grateful for the great gift of being a bride of Christ and living for him alone.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Sister Christina Marie<br /></strong></span><span class="s2"><em>Order of Cistercians<br /></em></span><span class="s2"><em>Valley of Our Lady Monastery<br /></em></span><span class="s2"><em>Hollandale, Wisconsin</em></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s2">Learn more at <a href="https://www.valleyofourlady.org/">valleyofourlady.org</a>.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="col-article__related-articles bg-colorExtraLightGrey"> <section class="article-card-block container"> <section class="article-card-block__title content-grid"> <h1 class="article-card-block__title__text grid-col-full text-left">Related Articles</h1> </section> <section class="article-card-block__cards content-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/faith/vocations/2026/01/father-christopher-murphy/"> 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