A calling to Vocation

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All my life I knew I wasn’t the same as most of my peers, I always was more drawn towards God. All I did was think about God and life and things that really mattered. I am not drawn to material items but dwell on the spirit. (I know many other people are like this as well)

I was a very devout Catholic growing up. When I went to college I didn’t go to church as much as I should have, I wasn’t hanging around the right crowd. Even still, my mind was always dwelling on my Savior, always trying to strive for my best.

I’ve had a Catholic Priest tell me to seriously consider a vocation… this was a couple years ago. Since then I have sinned, I have really sinned. I know that I am being called to serve, I just know. God has spoken to me in ways that are just unbelievable. I don’t feel worthy for this calling. I know that I need to surrender fully to Jesus Christ, he can heal all. I feel as if I have been on my own personal road to Damascus, like Saul before becoming the Apostle Paul. After all the unrighteous things I have done I have finally heard and felt a calling from God, so much so that it is hard to concentrate on my current life responsibilities. It is so amazing how and when God will call you. It is in the most unpredictable way imaginable, just when you think you are lost… God comes into your life and asks you to do something for him… (I feel God is). It’s changed me. I’ve always wanted to serve others for my main purpose in life… always.

These next couple of years I will continue to grow in my Faith and will pray for God’s guidance. I am 25 and have student loans to pay off and responsibilities to attend to before I can go further with what I feel I have been called to do. I need to talk to my Priest about my feelings and seek guidance from him as well.

If anyone would like to pray for me in the silence of their hearts about my situation, I would greatly appreciate it.

God bless you all for reading through this post.
 
Te lucis ante terminum
Rerum Creator poscimus.
Ut pro tua clementia
Sis praesul et custodia.

Procul recedant somnia
Ut noctium phantasmata
Hostemque nostrum comprime
Ne pollulantur corpora.

Praesta Pater piisime
Patrique compar Unice
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omni saeculum.

Amen.
 
I think you should realize that nobody is “worthy” in the sense of being perfect; God calls sinners to serve Him. EVERYONE has sinned. Your vocation, whether it is single life, married life, or religious, is to serve God and to grow in holiness, grow closer to Him.

A lot of people sin and fall away during college. There is a lot of propaganda at universities that make people fall into sin and forget what is good and holy. But that doesn’t mean that God isn’t calling you back to Him the entire time. Nobody is perfect. Try not to sin, but if you fail, that is what Confession is for. It’s a healing sacrament to help you go back to God.

Regarding student loans and responsibility, debt is a big problem these days. But there are communities that accept delayed vocations, so when you’re ready there will be people to help you find a good community you can join. Some communities do only want young people (like just out of high school or just out of college), but I’ve also heard of parents joining religious orders after their kids were grown. I think they realize that not everyone was born with parents rich enough to pay for their education. 😉
O Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom and divine love, impart Your knowledge, understanding, and counsel to youth that they may know the vocation wherein they can best serve God. Give them courage and strength to follow God’s holy will. Guide their uncertain steps, strengthen their resolutions, shield their chastity, fashion their minds, conquer their hearts, and lead them to the vineyards where they will labor in God’s holy service.
Amen.
GOD our FATHER,
WHO wills that all men be saved
And come to the knowledge of YOUR Truth:
We beg you to send
Laborers into YOUR harvest,
And grant them grace to speak YOUR Word
With all boldness; so that YOUR Word
May spread and be glorified,
And all nations may know YOU,
The only GOD, and HIM WHOM YOU have sent,
JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON, Our LORD. Amen.

Our Lady, Queen of the Americas,
And Mary, Mother of the
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word,
Pray for us.
 
Prayer for Vocations

Lord Jesus, let your call be heard
by the fervent and generous hearts
of young people, and make them
your followers and ministers.
Provident and loving Jesus,
grant to those whom you call
the necessary means to succeed
and the grace to persevere.
May they meet the demands of their call
and become salt of the earth
and light of the world,
holy ministers and dispensers
of the mysteries of God.
We ask you for vocations
for the whole Church,
vocations according to your heart,
numerous enough
to meet the pressing needs
of your Church and the world.
Send true shepherds of souls
filled with the Holy Spirit.
May their hearts be detached
from all worldly entanglements.
Make your priests holy, Lord,
splendid and exceptional witnesses
to the world
that the humankind cannot be transformed
without the spirit of the Beatitudes.
Amen.

Prayer to Mary for Vocations

O VIrgin Mary,
Mother of Jesus,
and Mother of the Church,
to you we commend
our young people,
in particular those
called to closely follow
your Son.
You know the difficulties,
the struggles,
the obstacles they must face.
Assist them to answer “yes”
to the divine call, as you did
at the invitation of the angel.
Draw them near to your heart
so that they can understand
the beauty and the joy that
awaits them when the Lord Jesus
calls them into His intimacy,
to be witnesses of His love
in the world. Amen.
 
I have just said a prayer for you in the silence of my heart. You will be in my prayers.
 
Praying for God’s will to be done in your life.
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
 
God, please guide LiftHiTheCross in his vocation. Holy Spirit, please guide LiftHiTheCross to know what to do in his calling to the priesthood.
 
Holy Father please make this young men capable to see what You want from him to do, please give him the strength he needs to make the choice he should make and the strenght for this choice to rest the choice. May he learn his weaknes from the sin he commit and these sin make him humble and in this time he may not condemm himself not to be perfect but to pray more for Your blessing and Your Grace. May he could guide other people out of the absurdity of material life, may he be some light for someone else without him knowing anything about so he could avoid any proudnes. May he speak to the hearts and not be conscious of it, may he be an instrument in Your hands without knowing it. Holy Father may Your Grace be upon him for the life of your Son our Saviour.
 
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