Author Topic: Ah Vocations... Vocations.. Vocations (Read 5237 times)

gladius_veritatis · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2011, 09:23:22 PM »

In a word, my young friend: Chill.

Unless I am mixing you up with another, you are 16.

You have YEARS until you can enter upon ANY vocation, definitively.

The thing to do NOW is cultivate a real, solid, intense interior life. That will help you SEE what you need to see and give you the strength to DO whatever you need to do, whenever the time comes.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2011, 09:31:59 PM »

:sad: I read what you said about the impediment, and this is one of the plethora of reasons I had for giving a son up for adoption when I was 19.

God has a plan for you, don't you worry. Just keep praying, and find a good spiritual director. Talk to him about these things.

gladius_veritatis · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2011, 09:36:21 PM »

I am flattered that my ever-active anti-fan club have thumbs-downed a simple post at the top of this page (and all posts on the previous page).

Why don't y'all go sniff (or even drink) gallons of paint? It might prove more useful. Your implacable hatred not only "improves" my rep, for whatever that is or is not worth, but continues to make your own peace an impossibility. I'd call you funny and entertaining names, but all I feel for you is pity (but not that much).

wallflower · « **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2011, 09:45:58 PM »

Quote from: SpiritusSanctus

But one thing I will say is that when God calls you to the religious life, you'll know it. And don't think you have to be a St. Augustine or St. Padre Pio to please God and get to Heaven. Being a father isn't an easy vocation either. But if performed in a way that is pleasing to God, you will be rewarded for it. I too sometimes worried if marriage wouldn't make me close enough to God, until I heard a sermon just recently about the role of a father. God does will some men NOT to become priests. Continue to pray for God's Will and see what His Will is. He will answer your prayers eventually.

I agree. I don't know if there are truly less holy fathers of families or if they just don't get the attention that religious do. Religious are public servants, in the public eye with more people to testify to their sanctity, so it makes sense that they go down in the books.

Fathers don't have the same public ministry. Theirs is much more private but just as powerful in that they train and pave the way for more Catholic families and vocations for generations. The greatest saint besides Our Lady is St Joseph, a father from whom we have not one word docuмented. So all those quiet holy fathers throughout the centuries that no one docuмented, yet who humbly helped keep the Faith alive through their generations are following in mighty large footsteps.

This is not meant to convince you of your vocation but simply to give you a different perspective on fatherhood. The virtues needed are all the same...humility, selflessness, wisdom, patience, purity (even within marriage). The mission is the same...glory to God and the salvation of souls. The only difference is where God decides to put those virtues you've cultivated to good use. So cultivate first and when it's time to sow He will let you know where to go.

And Happy Father's Day to the fathers among us!

wallflower · « **Reply #14 on:** June 20, 2011, 07:58:03 PM »

Quote from: Daegus

Thank you both GV and wallflower. Your points are duly noted.

There are times where I forget that I am just as wicked as the people who seem to be even more wicked than I.. So they do not deserve condescension from me.

This is an afterthought and it should not be, I should have known to include the disclaimer right away, but of course I am culpable of lack of charity myself. This is how I can recognize it... been there done that, many, many times

Often even being bored by people comes from believing ourselves to be above them and not looking hard enough to see God's wonder and the good qualities within the other person.

Also it's not necessary to believe that we are more wicked than everyone else, what's important is to recognize that IF we are less wicked, it is ONLY through God's grace, and without it, when we reject it, then we are certainly capable of worse.