Just A Lovely Conversation With A Beautiful Nun (Sr. Mary Rachel, O.P.) | Ep. 564

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Sister Mary Rachel, OP, Director of Novices for the Nashville Dominicans, joins Pints With Aquinas host Matt Fradd to discuss how to identify your vocation, obedience to your call, and what to do if you haven't found yours yet. Sister provides a joyful and peaceful witness to the beauty and importance of female religious life as part of a healthy Church. Ep. 564 🙏 Connect with the Nashville Dominicans: https://www.nashvilledominican.org - - - Today's Sponsors: Hallow: Deepen your personal relationship with God today. Visit https://hallow.com/MattFradd to get 3 months free. Catholic Match: Download the app or head to https://CatholicMatch.com and find your forever. PrayR Group: Get a St. Joseph Chaplet free at https://chaplet.shop St. Paul Center: Join the Bible Study movement alongside a global community. Sign up today at https://stpaulcenter.com/pints Charity Mobile: Visit https://charitymobile.com/MATTFRADD to get started. - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is here. Episodes 1-3 are now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ - - - 📕 Get my newest book, Jesus Our Refuge, here: https://a.co/d/bDU0xLb 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 ⁠⁠https://mattfradd.locals.com/support⁠⁠ - - - 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: ⁠https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas⁠ 🎵 TikTok: ⁠https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas⁠ 📚 PWA Merch – ⁠https://dwplus.shop/MattFraddMerch 👕 Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Can I give you a devil's advocate sort of accusation?
0:03.0	What is the point of female religious sisters anyway?
0:06.0	Without a concrete witness of religious,
0:09.0	there is a danger that the charity that animates the church will grow cold,
0:14.0	especially in a world undergoing secularization.
0:17.0	Asking why do we need religious is something like asking why do we need beautiful architecture.
0:22.6	Because when you have beautiful things, people act beautifully.
0:25.6	When everything around them says to them you're a cog in the machine, you're a rat,
0:29.6	then we shouldn't be surprised when they act like that.
0:31.6	To choose to sit within your own poverty, just scrolling, scrolling, scrolling,
0:36.6	to put it away feels like a death.
0:39.2	What I really want, what I really need, what I really desire comes to the surface.
0:43.5	What that is, then, can be confronting.
0:46.0	Somebody had given me the great advice in your discernment of life.
0:50.2	First, establish your life of prayer.
0:53.3	And out of that life of prayer, either the Lord will call you to marriage
0:57.0	and Jesus will be the center of that marriage,
0:59.0	or if he calls you to religious life,
1:01.0	you'll just continue to get to know him more and more.
1:04.0	How did the devil try to discourage you from this vocation?
1:07.0	Plenty of times.
1:10.0	... Plenty of times.
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