locution?

[Brain]

i was talking to a friend today and i mentioned that i was considering changing my major(didnt even say to what), but since i was a little kid i have wanted to do drug research and so such a sudden change would shock people. i said simply that i was leary about telling my parents, to which she responded “you shoulnt be ashamed to join the preisthood.”

i have never told anyone that i have been mulling it over for years.

i havent told anybody because i dont want pressure to go on if there isnt a true call. i maintain that though it requires cooperation, a vocation is not my decision to make.

this type of thing has happened sevewral times, even from non catholics. I say “i enjoy the simple things” someone says “you should be a priest or monk or somthing”. I say “i take pride in my unshakable inner peace” they also respond “you should be a priest or a preacher or whatever.”

am i just being paranoid or looking for coincidences? i belive that God can speak to people, i belive that he can speak through people. I just have a hard time thinking that he would give such in your face signs to poor little ME, but i guess thats false humility talking.

anyway if you have advice, please share. I already pray Alot, i try to say the lauds and vespers, and i say random ejaculations throught the day and everything (though i do negelct the rosary, which i need to work on). if you have no advice, please just shoot off a little prayer for me, please.

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

I’ll pray for you.

Perhaps you can talk it over with God and ask him to make it clear to you if you are called.
If you have’nt already then get a good spiritual director to help you discern your vocation.
The SD should be orthodox, holy and very learned.
If you are called God will eventually make it perfectly clear to you.

 

[Brain]

Thank you for your payers.
I am going to seek a SD, im moving to seattle this weekend (got a job at the University of Washington, athletic training aide). So maybe I can find a Priest or Brother near the University (Dominicans are nearby).
The reason i titled this thread locution? is because i have been praying for the past several months for some clear sign, not like thunderous voices from heaven, just some distinct sign. In the past few months are also when the three strange conversations occured. I think God has a sense of humor myself, and i wouldnt moind working for a guy with a good sense of humor .
Anyway, i shall seek a SD, i will continue to pray, and i will submit my cause to the diocese in due time, because the Chuch also has a rersponsibility to discern with me, i know.

 

[Brain]

update: ive still to work up the courage to talk to the diocicean voacion director, but i discovered that my work and the chuch i am going to (blessed sacrament in seattle, run by dominicans) are both exactly one rosary away by foot, so i get at least 2 rosaries in a day now. Im happy that the mary shaped hole in my prayer life is now beginning to close up.