{"id":4850,"date":"2015-02-13T08:24:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:56:04","slug":"more-than-boy-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2015\/02\/13\/more-than-boy-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"More than boy-crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow can you be a nun? You\u2019re the most boy-crazy girl I know!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

My good friend first jokingly teased me with this question when we were both still teenagers. I was in the earliest stages of my discernment at the time, and I couldn\u2019t give her a good answer to her question.<\/p>\n

That was nearly two decades ago. I like to think that I\u2019ve matured a lot since I was a boy-crazy teenager, and that I\u2019ve come to understand how the complex parts of my personality can all enrich my relationship with God. Over the years, I have become convinced that God used my teenaged feelings to steer me toward my vocation. In fact, being \u201cboy-crazy\u201d actually influenced my first experience of \u201ccall\u201d to the Catholic Sisterhood.<\/p>\n

I was a teen who deeply desired to please God. I remember praying for guidance regarding my attraction to a certain boy while alone in my bedroom one night. As I prayed, I heard a very intense answer….<\/p>\n

\u00a0[This is the beginning of my latest column for the online newspaper,\u00a0<\/em>Global Sisters Report.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Continue reading\u00a0here.<\/a>]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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More than boy-crazy<\/a><\/blockquote>