Discerning Vocation

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I’m in the process of discerning my vocations. It has dawned on me that I could really use some prayers. If anyone has the time to do so I would be so very thankful!
God Bless!

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
 
Praying that the right path will become clear to you.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee!
Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
Lord please lead this willing heart, in faithfulness, wisdom and love, according to Your holy will
 
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I’m in the process of discerning my vocations. It has dawned on me that I could really use some prayers. If anyone has the time to do so I would be so very thankful!
God Bless!

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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I will definitely pray for you. It may also help you to know that God has called everyone to the religious life which consists of embracing the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Catechism of the Catholic Church:
Evangelical counsels, consecrated life

915 Christ proposes the evangelical counsels, in their great variety, to every disciple. The perfection of charity, to which all the faithful are called, entails for those who freely follow the call to consecrated life the obligation of practicing chastity in celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom, poverty and obedience. It is the profession of these counsels, within a permanent state of life recognized by the Church, that characterizes the life consecrated to God.454

916 The state of consecrated life is thus one way of experiencing a “more intimate” consecration, rooted in Baptism and dedicated totally to God.455 In the consecrated life, Christ’s faithful, moved by the Holy Spirit, propose to follow Christ more nearly, to give themselves to God who is loved above all and, pursuing the perfection of charity in the service of the Kingdom, to signify and proclaim in the Church the glory of the world to come.456
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First Corinthians Chapter Seven: biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I+Corinthians+7&version=KNOX
I Corinthians VII:27-34:
27 Art thou yoked to a wife? Then, do not go about to free thyself. Art thou free of wedlock? Then do not go about to find a wife. 28 Not that thou dost commit sin if thou marriest; nor, if she marries, has the virgin committed sin. It is only that those who do so will meet with outward distress. But I leave you your freedom.[h] 29 Only, brethren, I would say this; the time is drawing to an end; nothing remains, but for those who have wives to behave as though they had none; 30 those who weep must forget their tears, and those who rejoice their rejoicing, and those who buy must renounce possession; 31 and those who take advantage of what the world offers must not take full advantage of it; the fashion of this world is soon to pass away. 32 And I would have you free from concern. He who is unmarried is concerned with God’s claim, asking how he is to please God; 33 whereas the married man is concerned with the world’s claim, asking how he is to please his wife; and thus he is at issue with himself. 34 So a woman who is free of wedlock, or a virgin, is concerned with the Lord’s claim, intent on holiness, bodily and spiritual; whereas the married woman is concerned with the world’s claim, asking how she is to please her husband.
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The whole chapter is practically a catechism on how marriage and celibacy fit into the life of the Church. 👍

For further reading: Vocations Explained
 
I entrust you and your vocation to the loving care of Our Lady. May she make her intentions in this matter come true.

Hail Mary…

Amen.
 
Angels and Saints, please join us in praying for Flame4’s discernment.
 
I just wanted to thank everyone for their prayers. I really, really appreciate it.Thank you Loyola for those CCC passages. I’ll be sure to read them.
I’ll definitely keep you all in my prayers!
May God Bless and keep you. 🙂
 
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.
 
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