we all struggle, we all win
someone told me:
"you're spending a lot of time, attention and energy reviewing for the de universa. when it ended, what would be the use of all that?"
indeed, the de universa may not be everything in the postnovitiate, but it's replete with formative experiences i never imagined having.
we may forget everything we may have reviewed -- 60 theses from 6 treatises in 6 months.there might be no further use of it in our practical training. there might be a few use of it as a foundation in our theological formation. but, i see more and deeper values in this. more than the outcome or the usefulness, it's the formative process which one undergoes that is deemed necessary and important.
we all underwent the same preparation, the same pressure. we were all in this together. we supported each other. we prayed for one another. we shared our progress and difficulties and concerns and anxieties. we are all one in this. the result is not really important whether one becomes cum laude or not. we all passed as we have all struggled to pass. and by God's grace we all did it. i am proud to share this oneness with you.
"you're spending a lot of time, attention and energy reviewing for the de universa. when it ended, what would be the use of all that?"
indeed, the de universa may not be everything in the postnovitiate, but it's replete with formative experiences i never imagined having.
we may forget everything we may have reviewed -- 60 theses from 6 treatises in 6 months.there might be no further use of it in our practical training. there might be a few use of it as a foundation in our theological formation. but, i see more and deeper values in this. more than the outcome or the usefulness, it's the formative process which one undergoes that is deemed necessary and important.
we all underwent the same preparation, the same pressure. we were all in this together. we supported each other. we prayed for one another. we shared our progress and difficulties and concerns and anxieties. we are all one in this. the result is not really important whether one becomes cum laude or not. we all passed as we have all struggled to pass. and by God's grace we all did it. i am proud to share this oneness with you.
Labels: formation, personal, philosophy, postnovitiate
