# I plan to become a missionary due to "Mark 10:17-31

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**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/i-plan-to-become-a-missionary-due-to-mark-10-17-31/2305 "2025-04-22T08:41:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![LarsofNorway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/larsofnorway/32/497_2.png) [@LarsofNorway](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/LarsofNorway)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/i-plan-to-become-a-missionary-due-to-mark-10-17-31/2305/1 "2025-04-22T08:41:41Z")

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Since it sounds like Jesus is saying, you should not depend on earthly belongings but get yourselves treasures in heaven. I figured this is talking about leaving all earthly things you enjoy, to be with God. Since earthly things dont lasts, but God is forever!

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**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/i-plan-to-become-a-missionary-due-to-mark-10-17-31/2305/2 "2025-04-22T14:54:16Z")

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For some, this is their calling. My Cousin joined the Franciscans and has taken a vow of poverty to serve God and neighbor as a beloved Brother. He has made some amazing friendships with His brother-Friars and is joyful in this vocation that God has called him to.

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**Author:** ![Literalman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/literalman/32/117_2.png) [@Literalman](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Literalman)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/i-plan-to-become-a-missionary-due-to-mark-10-17-31/2305/3 "2025-04-22T21:01:09Z")

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As a volunteer hospital chaplain, I sometimes worked with another who was a Franciscan brother. I once said to him, “Thank God for calling some men to be brothers to the rest of us.”

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**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/i-plan-to-become-a-missionary-due-to-mark-10-17-31/2305/4 "2025-04-23T15:32:23Z")

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Is this Franciscan Brother named Ross by any chance? I think you live near where my Cousin might serve.

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**Author:** ![Literalman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/literalman/32/117_2.png) [@Literalman](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Literalman)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/i-plan-to-become-a-missionary-due-to-mark-10-17-31/2305/5 "2025-04-23T18:15:22Z")

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No, he wasn’t named Ross, and I lived in Virginia at the time. I was a volunteer at Alexandria Hospital. Also, he was an Episcopalian Franciscan brother. Yes, they have Franciscans. He wore a giant rosary and everything.