Module 2

SECOND AND THIRD VOCATION

Topic 2. Third Sense of Vocation
Third sense of vocation:
the constantly changing immediate tasks/mission God is
calling a person at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJz9PbakIzY&t=119s

(4SoL) different
Priesthood circumstances,
Call to Four States of Religious 4
Holiness Life situations & Ts
Single challenges of
Married everyday life
Look at the table of the Four Personality Types (Temperaments –
4Ts). Highlight the characteristics you feel you have in you. Then
try to see which box contains most of the characteristics you
have…Then answer the question about seeing a star fall to earth…

1 3
2 4
If you see a star fall to earth, what would you most likely do?
a) Talk about it animatedly to all present?
b) Form an expedition to find and analyze it?
c) Ponder what it means and how you feel about it?
d) Wait for others to decide what to do?
 Sanguine 4 Melancholic
Choleric Ts Phlegmatic

If you see a star fall to earth, what would you most likely do?
a) Talk about it animatedly to all present?
most likely: Sanguine
b) Form an expedition to find and analyze it?
most likely: Choleric
c) Ponder what it means and how you feel about it?
most likely: Melancholic
d) Wait for others to decide what to do?
Most likely: Phlegmatic
Importance of Four Temperaments to Catholics/Christians:
*in marriage:
crucial for spouses: know & understand each other’s
temperaments support each other in the
journey to holiness

*in our Christian life (or humanization):

knowing & understanding the four temperaments help us
understand other people, become patient & loving to them
gives: clearer view of other people’s struggles, challenges &
battles
good Christian: strives to familiarize oneself with the
temperaments & let such knowledge teach oneself charity
one’s temperament: crucial in one’s spiritual life (path to
holiness/humanization)
with a certain temperament, one will tend to commit certain
sins yet possess certain virtues that gives one the strength
to seek God

Choleric people:
struggles with anger, pride & impatience
needs God’s grace to cultivate gentleness, humility &
patience
would usually have a strong will, great constancy & energy
for carrying our one’s tasks
*saints: St. Paul, St. Jerome, St. Francis de Sales
Melancholic people:
struggles with being critical, moody & despondent
needs God’s grace to cultivate joyful acceptance, selflessness & hope
usually compassionate, long-suffering, pious & contemplative
*saints: St. John the Apostle, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Bernard of
Clairvaux

Sanguine people:
struggles with superficiality, lust & lack of perseverance
needs God’s grace to cultivate purity, interior depth & strength, &
perseverance
usually cheerful, generous, sincere & sensitive to the suffering of others
*saints: St. Theresa of Avila, St. Francis Xavier
 Phlegmatic people:
struggles with wrong things just to please others, laziness, & ability to
confront or take initiative
needs God’s grace to cultivate fortitude, holy ambition & strength of
will
usually tranquil, full of common sense, assiduous & almost immune to
anger
*saints: St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope St. John XXIII

Note:
*each temperament is a blessing—it takes all kinds to run the world
just as distinct differences between man & woman dovetail & compliment
each other, the unified interaction & charity between all four
temperaments is a powerful thing
• Loving God engages the totality of our persons (smallest
of our desires, intentions & actions)
every act of Jesus Christ was God’s (for God)
every act of our lives should be for God’s glory
*St. Therese of Lisieux: doing ordinary things with
extraordinary love
• 4 Temperaments: each has strengths & weaknesses
because of our weaknesses, we would have our own daily
struggles and challenges to conquer (each one is or may
be going through something each day)
conscious of our own and other’s weaknesses must lead
us to compassion for ourselves and others
God Bless!