My priest dreamed of me becoming a nun

Hello everyone,

I need help regarding my vocation.

I'm in a relationship with an amazing man of God, who actually was the reason why I came to discover the truth when I was a Protestant. Our relationship has been quite a ride, and we've gone through a lot of hardships together (regarding my health as I've posted before in this sub) and other personal hardships he went through. Despite it all, we've seen God literally be there with us, helping us and clearing the path. We've seen a lot of miracles, and well, we've seen one very recently. It's very clear that he's helping us with our plans to marry in the future and helping us prepare for that (economically and academically speaking). I really love him, and he truly is a soulmate for me, someone who truly understands me and that sometimes feels like God has designed for me.

However, my priest recently told me that he dreamed of me becoming a nun. I'm an anxious person, and of cooourse the idea started to go around my mind. I started thinking, what if my poor health is truly an indicator that maybe married life is not for me? (For context, I have a back issue that makes pregnancy a little bit risky in the sense that I could possibly have more pain and stuff, but I've not been advised by doctors not to get pregnant, just that when I want to, I need to take care of myself) and also, what if that's why getting married sometimes feels scary? (Though I live in a developing country and financially speaking everything sucks so yeah).

I recognize that most of my fears of marrying occur because of my anxiety of things going wrong regarding my health, me being a burden to my future husband if something happens to me, and the insecurity of our economy. And when I think of becoming a nun, it feels like I won't have to worry about that, I would just focus on God, and be happy. I won't have to deal with people at work, with work, and seeing my partner suffer from bad things that normally happen in life. I would dedicate my life to meditation on God and honestly, doesn't that sound nice?

But the point is that everything is confusing. I don't want to leave my boyfriend. I love him. And of course marriage is scary, but I believe it's just because of my fears. I also don't understand why God would allow us to meet and help us through hardships that could have ended our relationship only to have my priest dream of me becoming a nun. But also, I don't want to reject the calling God has for me :'(

The worst part of this is that I previously talked to him (last December) regarding my health issues and my fear of not being called to married life because of my health issues. He told me I was being too fearful and that I had to trust God and that he believed I was called to married life. I mean, what in the world???? Why would he have that dream now????

Thank you for reading, and sorry for another rant :'(

Posted Jul 6, 2025, 7:28 PM UTC

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