Non-entity of Hermit Vocation

Now, some may think this sounds absolutely awful, but it seems a reality, and I appreciate reality therapy.

The hermit vocation is a veritable non-entity in the views of most, of nearly all, even in the Church.

Yes, it is written in the Catechism, there is a Canon Law that is applicable, there are saints who have hermit status, and there are a minutia of canonically approved, known hermits in the world.

But the remaining souls who are called to the life are veritable non-entities in the non-entity status of their vocation.

It is such a non-entity that a response to a request is long in coming, if it ever arrives in the post. An appointment to discuss the vocation, is not of much consequence or importance to the degree that it keeps being put off until "sometime".

Yes, we can talk about it "sometime".

Now, this may to some in the vocation seem like an insult or a negativity. It is not!

It only verifies all the more the vocation for what it is: non-entity status. A hermit's life is so hidden, so undefinable, so inconsequential, so non-this and non-that as to be nothing and worthy of only good-for-nothings.

It is the life and work of a slave to a servant. There is no need to rise up in ire, to take offense, to counter that there is worth and value and to try to make the world, even the Catholic world see and understand and validate the vocation. There is no reason to "fight" for status, canonical or non-canonical, either one. There is no need for a support team to encourage sticking with trying to be made "credible" in the eyes of anyone on earth. What is the point? This is not part of the vocation, for the vocation itself is hidden in God through dying into nothingness.

The status is thus as a non-entity which is no status at all. And this is a positive.

The handmaid of the Handmaid of the Lord has little to say about household matters. The handmaid of the Lord, a slave to a servant, has no support group or handmaid of handmaids labor union--no HHLU--to advocate or demand rights and entity status. It is not necessary; it is not part of the job description.

Perhaps in the other world a hermit has status. Yes, I am told by one who knows more than humans that the hermit life is one that God values very much. A few mortals honor this, but it is not necessary to seek notice or a place on earth in the vocation where no place is necessary.

When on the other side, some day, the vocation of hermit will not need validation or recognition, for the ways and views of man on earth are not those of God.

Consider the seed crushed in the ground.