I’m amazed. You can read, “The True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary” in Portugese, (See your Sept. 24th post), understand music in Italian, and you are a poor Brazilian man, as you say.
You are very blessed.

One doesn’t become a religious because he can not find a wife in his hometown. One becomes a religious because he wants to give his entire life over to God; to spend himself in the service of Jesus and Mary.
I hope the Immaculate makes your vocation clear to you.

By the way, I’m Italian.

Ave Maria!

I just sent a message to Fr. Jacinto.

Ave Maria!

Dear Alex,

I would suggest you contact Fr. Jacinto who is the vocation director. He is at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and here is a link to information to contact him. http://www.marymediatrix.com/contact/website/vocation-director.html

Ave Maria!

I’m not Italian. I am Brazilian. And my real name is Alex really. Many Brazilian mothers like my mother likes naming their children with English names, specially American names, because Holyhood movies. Some brazilian comidians like making jokes with that. They say that is a thing of poor people (coisa de pobre). Not always, but it is true in certain way, because rich people prefer tradicional names, like José, Alexandre, Pedro, Antônio, etc.

I’ would like to have vocation to priesthood or religious life, but I feel liking get married. I want to get married. But I am poor and the women from my hometown are very materialist!!!

Anyway, I would like to email Fr. Elias or Fr. Angelo. What are their emails?

If they wanted or anyonese, they/you can conct me through my facebook:

Alex Antunes

https://www.facebook.com/alex.benedictus

Perhaps you should contact Father Elias. He is located at the Bloomington, Indiana friary. He can answer your questions on how the Franciscans of the Immaculate should be living their consecrated lives to Jesus and Mary.
He’s one of the holiest, Franciscan/Marian priests I know. The other one is Father Angelo Geiger. He is presently living in England. He is sanctifying himself with the work he was told to do.

Arrivederci, ‘Alex’. Ave Maria!

Hayley Westenra – Pie Jesu (live)

http://youtu.be/Vr6ajtA5Otg

Lyrics

Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem

[Chorus]
Dona eis requiem

Sempiternam

[Choir]
Dona eis requiem

Sempiternam
Requiem
Sempiternam

I’m not sure if the Franciscan Friars are forbidden to listening music or to watch videos or films.

Why do I say that? I say that because there is difference between the monastic life’s style (estilo de vida monástico) or monastic life and other kinds of religious life.

I have been stayed in some monastaries doing (making) reatreats, as possible monastic vocation. (but I don´t have vocation to monastic life, althoug I admire it.) I know by myself like it is within a monastery.

Anyway, the Franciscan Friars are not monks in the strick sense, are they?

However, the fact of the Friars have published this videos don’t mean that they have broken their reatreat (recolhimento) or austere life.

After all, their mission is spread god things like theses videos too!

I just like to say one thing else. Honesty, I don’t see any problem in listening to music. Some kinds of music are highlly recomended, are very good for the spirit.

See how many beautiful kinds of sacred musics there are and how good they are to the souls. (A boa música faz um grande bem à alma.)

The good music raise the souls to God. (A boa música eleva a alma até Deus).

Friars, who are true to their Franciscan charism, do not listen to music, watch television, … they are called to leave the things of the world (detachment) to follow Christ.
God bless those are really living like St Francis.

Ave Maria!