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Posted on 10/03/2010 9:34:36 AM PDT by tesbassa
DEFINITION. – EVERY PERSON HAS SOME SPECIAL VOCATION.
Q. What is a vocation?
A. A call from God to some state of life.
Q. Which are the principal states of life?
A. Matrimony, virginity, the religious state, and the priesthood.
Q. Has every person a vocation?
A. Yes; God gives a special vocation to each person.
Q. How is this doctrine proved?
A. St Paul says: “Every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that. . . . As the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk.”
Q. Is it not beneath God’s notice to give a particular vocation to each person?
A. Not at all; for even the birds of the air are objects of the providence of God: “Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
Q. What do Father Faber and St. Alphonsus say on this subject?
A. Father Faber says: “Every man has a distinct vocation.” St Alphonsus says: “We must embrace that state to which God calls us.”
Q. What does St. Augustine teach concerning special vocations?
A. St. Augustine says: “He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labours much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.”
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Catholic Ping
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Yep, so true.
Published by Benziger Brothers, 1897
Nihil Obstat: Thos. L. Kinkead, Censor Librorum
Imprimatur: + Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York, New York, March 2, 1897.
I’m sending this to my priest. I will even volunteer to help teach the series if he would like.
*snicker*
Very glad to hear it was of help
lol
cheers
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this started out OK, but when I got to the “live your vocation or lose your soul” part, it sort of lost its luster.
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