VOCATION

What comes to mind when you hear the word vocation? Do you think of a priest, deacon, bishop, or a nun? It is more than that, it is a call for all of us to strive for holiness. Vocation meaning by man is a person’s employment or main occupation, regarded as worthy or requiring great dedication. Vocation is really about the love God has put in your heart and growing in holiness. It is both a biblical and spiritual vocation that God has put his desires in our hearts, and he wants to fulfill that call in us. Vocation is from God, and how God calls you to serve him in the world, to be that person he has called you to be. God calls all of us through the sacraments of baptism and confirmation to serve him in a special way of life. We can fulfill God’s call as a single person, a married person, ordained, or vowed religious. Marriage vocation mirrors the love that Jesus has for the church, he is the bridegroom and we the church are the bride. In any vocation we are called to be the best that we can be, with love for God and others, and to keep striving for holiness, in all we do. How do you see vocation? Do you know what your vocation is?