VOCATION

PROCESS OF USING GIFTS AND TALENTS

 FROM THE LATIN VOCARE, MEANING
“TO CALL.”
 A CALLING FROM GOD, INCLUDING
THE CALL TO LIFE, THE CALL TO
FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM, THE CALL TO
HOLINESS, AND SO FORTH.
GOD’S CALL TO FRIENDSHIP
JESUS WANTS TO BE A FRIEND TO EVERY
YOUNG PERSON. THIS DISCERNMENT IS THE
BASIS OF ALL ELSE. IN THE RISEN LORD’S
DIALOGUE WITH SIMON PETER, HIS GREAT
QUESTION WAS: “SIMON, SON OF JOHN, DO
YOU LOVE ME?” (JN 21:16).
BEING THERE FOR OTHERS
THE LORD CALLS US TO SHARE IN HIS WORK
OF CREATION AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
COMMON GOOD BY USING THE GIFTS WE
HAVE RECEIVED.
LOVE AND FAMILY
YOUNG PEOPLE INTENSELY FEEL THE CALL
TO LOVE; THEY DREAM OF MEETING THE
RIGHT PERSON WITH WHOM THEY CAN FORM
A FAMILY AND BUILD A LIFE TOGETHER.
WORK
“YOUNG ADULTHOOD OFTEN SIGNALS A
PERSON’S ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD OF
WORK. ‘WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
THE VOCATION TO SPECIAL
CONSECRATION
GOD IS KNOCKING THE DOOR OF EVERY
YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND
CONSECRATED LIFE.
 PARTICULAR VOCATIONS
 MARRIED LIFE
 PRIESTHOOD
 RELIGIOUS LIFE
SINGLE – BLESSEDNESS
MARRIED LIFE
“TWO CHRISTIANS WHO MARRY HAVE
RECOGNIZED THE CALL OF THE LORD IN
THEIR OWN LOVE STORY, THE VOCATION TO
FORM ONE FLESH AND ONE LIFE FROM TWO,
MALE AND FEMALE. THE SACRAMENT OF
HOLY MATRIMONY ENVELOPS THIS LOVE IN
THE GRACE OF GOD; IT ROOTS IT IN GOD
HIMSELF.
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS
FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL CLING TO
HIS WIFE AND THE TWO SHALL BE MADE INTO
ONE. THIS IS A GREAT FORESHADOWING; I
MEAN THAT IT REFERS TO CHRIST AND THE
CHURCH. (EPH 5:31F)
PRIESTLY VOCATION
“TO PLACE ONESELF AT THE SERVICE OF THE
PEOPLE OF GOD WITH A PARTICULAR
BELONGING AND CONFIGURATION TO JESUS
CHRIST, AND WITH THE AUTHORITY OF
ACTING ‘IN THE NAME AND IN THE PERSON’
OF HIM WHO IS HEAD AND SHEPHERD OF THE
CHURCH” – ST. JOHN PAUL II
“THE MISSION ENTRUSTED BY CHRIST TO HIS
APOSTLES CONTINUES TO BE EXERCISED IN
THE CHURCH TO THE END OF TIME” (CCC 1536)

“COME, FOLLOW ME” (MT 19:21)

RELIGIOUS LIFE
COMMITMENT IN LIFE TO LIVE AS CHRIST
LIVED THROUGH VOWS OF POVERTY,
CHASTITY AND OBEDIENCE.
SINGLE LIFE
COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO SERVE OTHERS
IN THEIR WORK AND PRAYER.
…WE ARE ALL CALLED TO
HOLINESS…

DEO GRATIAS