Vocation

The term “vocation” can be used in many ways.
It may refer to the call to life itself, to grace, to a
profession,
to a consecration, to a ministry, to a path in life.

We are all called to life!
Welcome, you made it here,
to the human race
It is the LORD who made us, individual, unique,
and sustains our existence

Although we may have many talents, our circumstances may limit our
development. Each one has to fight the way in life,
inorder to bear fruit and get results.

Thus the idea of a mission is born, of a project,
a path by which your talents will be developed,
and you will realice yourself completely.

For a Christian, the development of talents given by God,
implies the fulfilling of a particular and personal mission,
that can’t be transfered to another.
It’s the project God had in mind when he made you.

He furnishes us
with talents,
of heath and
intelligence,
which we develop,
more or less,
during the years of
life he gives us.
Life opens up many
possibilities, and
each one can find the
path that best suits
his
or her talents,

Definition
The word comes from “vocatio” in Latin, (vocare, to call).
It is the desire to begin a career, profession or other activity
when you have not yet got the necessary aptitudes or
knowledge

The professional Vocation
Or General Vocation
In general terms it is the
inclination toward a
career, profession, or
state in life.
Normally this is
the result of a basic
disposition or interior
talent which contains
intellectual and
practical aptitudes and
also a spiritual
sensitivity

 The Vocation
is like a disposition or aptitude given by God in your nature.
At first this aptitude may not be apparent,
and only becomes clearer when developing the vocation
When you live your vocation,
it is like a glove that fits right on your hand.

THE CHRISTIAN VOCATION
The deepest foundation of human dignity rests
in the call to communion with God
Since conception we are invited to enter into dialogue with God
For if we exist, it’s because God made us out of love
He sustains us always, and we shall not live in truth if we don’t come to
freely recognise this love and we don’t rest in our Lord. (Gaudium et spes 19)

The first and fundamental vocation
is to be a child of God.
The vocation to new life to become
children of God is possible only
through the merits of Jesus Christ.
It’s by the grace of God.
No one can confer this grace on
himself.
We are justified by the gift of grace,
by the redemption which Christ
Jesus
has worked for us.
-Romanos 3,24
at just the right time, when we were
still powerless, Christ died for the
ungodly.- Romanos 5,6
“to all who received (the Word)
He gave them power to become
children of God, to all who believe in
his name”
-Jn 1,12.
the Spirit you received brought about
your adoption to sonship.And by him
we cry, “Abba, Father.” -Rom 8, 15.
and who through the Spirit of
holiness was appointed the Son of

A vocation to participate
in the divine nature
for all eternity .
We have been conceded
the precious and
sublime promises,
so that we might
partake of the
divine nature.
2 Pe 1, 4.
“Now this is eternal life:
that they know you, the
only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom you
have sent.”
(Jn 17, 3).

Therefore whoever is in
Christ
is a new creation;
the old has passed away,
all is new. 2 Cor 5,17
Be aware and discern
the presence of Christ
...called to be a new creation
capable of renouncing sin
and working in love and truth.

John Paul II – Gift and Mystery
“At the origin of every vocational
path there is Emmanuel, God with us.
He reveals to us that we are not alone
constructing our own life,
because God walks with us in the
midst
of the chores and if we wish,
he weaves with each of us a
marvellous history of love, unique
and irrepetible,
at the same time, in harmony with
humanity and the whole world.
Discover the presence of God i
n your own history, never feel like an
orphan, but be aware that you have a
Father whom we can trust
completely.
This is the great change that
transforms the merely human horizon
and brings a man to understnd that

The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other
an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed
with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the
good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children.
Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity
of a sacrament (cf. CIC, can. 1055 # 1; cf. GS 48 # 1).

St. Paul said:
"Husbands,
love your
wives, as Christ
loved the
Church. . . .
This is a
great mystery,
and I mean
in reference
to Christ and
the Church"
 (Eph 5:25, 32).

The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church.
It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which
Christ
has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the
human love

Marriage is based
on the consent of
the contracting
parties, that is,
on their will to
give themselves,
each to the other,
mutually and
definitively, in
order to live a
covenant of
faithful and
fruitful love.

Since marriage
establishes the
couple in a public
state of life in the
Church, it is fitting
that its celebration
be public, in the
framework of a
liturgical celebration,
before the priest
(or a witness
authorized by the
Church),
the witnesses,
and the assembly of
the faithful. CIC 1663.

The Christian home is the place where children receive the first
proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family home is
rightly called "the domestic church," a community of grace and
prayer,

We need men and women
who by the testimony of their lives
keep alive in the consciousness
of the People of God,
the need to respond
by holiness of life
to the love of God poured out
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
They should reflect in their conduct
the sacramental consecration
worked by God in Baptism,
Confirmacion and Orders.
(cf. Rm 5, 5),
(«Vita consecrata», 33).

The consecrated life reveals the intimate nature
of every Christian vocation to sanctity
and the tension of the whole church as spouse
toward Christ, the Only Spouse

 Consecration and Mission.
To announce the coming of the Kingdom
Since from baptism you were conecrated to God,
surrendering yourself to Him as your Supreme Love
you consecrate this way even more intimately
to strive for the goddo of the Church.

By consecration to God, the Church shows
How the Holy Spirit works in her admirably.

Therefore those who pfofess the evangelical counsels
in the first place have to live out their consecration

"since members
of institutes of
consecrated life
dedicate
themselves
through their
consecration to the
service of the
Church they are
obliged in a special
manner to engage
in missionary work,
in accord with the

In the Church, which is like the
sacrament
-the sign and instrument – of God's own
life,
the consecrated life is seen as a special
sign
of the mystery of redemption.

To follow and imitate Christ more nearly and to
manifest more clearly his self- emptying is to be
more deeply present to one's contemporaries

For those who are on this "narrower" path encourage their brethren
by their example, and bear striking witness "that the world cannot be
transfigured and offered to God without the spirit of the beatitudes."CIC
932.

The profession of
the evangelical
counsels is
intimately related
to the mystery of
Christ, and its
purpose is to make
present the form of
life which he
chose, indicating
that it is of an
absolute and
eschatological
value.

Vocations to consecrated life, are predious and
necessary and even today give testimony of the
following of Christ,
in chastity, poverty and obedience
The testimony of the absolute priority of God
and his service to humanity in the style of the
Redeemer. They represent special paths
toward the fulness of spiritual life.

Do not forget that,
In the love of contemplation
In the joy of serving
the brothers and sisters,
In chastity for the sake of
the Kingdom of Heaven
In generous dedication
to the ministry,
there lies the power of
every vocational project.
The religious vocation depends
on whether the person has
the necesary attributes or
abilities
to take the religious vows.
God calls to a special state of
life,

Consecrated life is constituted by the profession of the evangelical
counsels,
and though it is not of the hierarchical structure of the Church,
nevertheless, undeniably belongs to its life and holiness." (LG 44).

In the consecrated life
there are priests,
religious and brothers
There are those who
belong to a religious
community
(ej. jesuits, franciscans,
salesians, carmelites)
They take vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience.

And in the
Regnum
Christi
Consecrated
in the Legion

By the vow of poverty
we are detached from
all the material goods
of the world.
We don’t cling
onto anything
We trust in Divine
Providence like the
disciples when our Lord
sent them ahead
to prepare the townfolk
to receive Him.

By the vow
of Chastity
they consecrate
themselves
uniquely to the love
of Christ
and give up a
private love for
themselves.
They dedicate their
love and all their

By the vow of
obedience,
We submit to
the will of God
like Christ in the
hands of his Father.
We prefer to fulfil the
wishes fo God
before our own
will.
We prescind of our
likes and caprices.
 We are dedicated
to the mission he

Nothing without God
The calling requires
our collaboration,
to unite our will
to the will of God
“To all who received Him,
He gave them power” Jn 1,12.
we have to bear fruit and
persevere, and
You did not choose me, but I
chose you and appointed
you so that you might go and
bear fruit—fruit that will last—
-Jn 15, 16.
“Here I am Lord, to do your

Diocesan priests are ordained to serve the diocesis and do not pertain to
the consecrated life. They are celibate and promise obedience to their
bishop.
They don’t make a vow or poverty, although they should give good

THE VOCATION TO
THE MINISTERIAL
PRIESTHOOD
Jesus went up on a
mountainside and called to him
those he wanted, and they came
to him.
He appointed twelve
that they might be with him
and that he might send them
out
to preach and to have authority
to drive out demons. (Mk 3, 13-15).
you do not belong to the world,
but I have chosen you
out of the world. -Jn 15, 16.

See the example
of Peter and Paul
and of all the
saints, who were
ready
to suffer anything
for love of Christ.
God calls us at first
(he precedes)
but He also
sustains us always
along

“There is one temptation
that always attacks every
spiritual path,
which is to think that
results depend on our
capacity of programming.
Of course God asks for our
collaboration with his grace,
using all out intelligence
and service for the cause of
the Kingdom, but we should
not forget that without Him,
we can do nothing”
(cf Jn 15,5)” (NMI, 38).

“At the heart of the
Church community
is the Eucharist.
The different
vocations receive
from this supreme
Sacrament
the spiritual power
to continually build
up in charity the
One Church Body.

The vocation to the priesthood is
a particular calling to server the
Lord.
No one can consider it a right.
The priest receives from Christ
the mission and the faculty of
acting in His person (in persona
Christi Capitis).
The priest should
renounce himself to act for
Christ, since he has received
by sacramental ordination,
the mission and the grace to act ,
that is superior to his human
possibilities.
By the gift of the Holy Spirit, the
priests receive the Sacred power,

The priests are cooperators
of the epsicopal Order,
for the punctual fulfillment
of the apostolic mission that Christ
has conferred on them. (PO 2).
It is Christ who offers himself up in
the Mass, and who pardons in
confession.
The ministry in which Christ's
emissaries do and give by God's
grace what they cannot do and give
by their own powers, is called a
"sacrament" by the Church's
tradition. (CCC, 875).
-The priests do not nominate
themselves,
nor are they delegated by the
community.
They are representatives of Christ,

It is Christ
who offers
himself in
the Mass
And it is Christ
who pardons
in confession.

Unity between Vocation and
Mission
The vocation cannot be
separated from the mission
and its demands.
The priestly vocation is to
represente Christ, and as Christ he
has to live
and be prepared to die, in total
obedience to the Father.
The being and work of the priest –
his consecration and ministry –
are theologically inseparable
realities..
Their purpose is to develop
the mission of the Church,
the eternal salvation of all men.

The vocation to the
ministerial
priesthood is
essencially a call
to sanctity, which
stems from the
sacrament of
orders.
Sanctity is intimacy
with God.
It is the imitation
of Christ,
poor, chaste

It is the love without
limits for the
souls, and
donation to their
true benefit.
It is love for the
Church which is
Holy, and wishes
us to be holy,
pecause this is her
mission, given
by Christ.

Jesus calls the
apostles “
so they may be with
Him”
Mc 3,14, Lc 8, 1- 2; 22, 28.
Not only does
He reveal to them
His mysteries of the
Kingdom of Heaven.
(Cfr Mt.13,16-18)
but He also expects
from them greater
fidelity according to
the apostolic

Christ demands a strict
poverty of them - (Cfr. Mt 19, 22-
23),
the humility of a servant who
takes the last place
(cfr. Mt. 20, 25-27).
They must believe in the
powers they have received
(Cfr. Mt.17,19-21,
prayer and fasting are
efficacious means of
apostolate
(cfr. Mc 9, 29)
and generosity
“Freely you have received,

He expects them to be
prudent
and show simplicity
and moral rectitude
(cfr. Mt. 10, 26-28)
and to trust in providence
(Cfr. Lc 9, 1-3); 19, 22-23).
They should be conscious
of their responsibility,
as administrators
of the sacraments,
instituted by the Master,
and they should be
workers in his vinyard.
(cfr. Lc 12, 43-48).

A priest moreover
takes the place of
Christ, as
minister of the
sacraments at the
service
of the community,
especially in the
eucharist and
reconciliation.

Summary
Vocations are men and
women like anyone else
but their calling from God
choses them from
the community,
consecrates them to the
Lord and sends them
on a mission
to announce Christ
by the testimony of their
life and apostolate

A PRAYER FOR
VOCATIONS
O God, Father of all Mercies,
Provider of a bountiful Harvest,
send Your Graces upon those
You have called to gather
the fruits of Your labor;
preserve and strengthen them
In their lifelong service of you.
Open the hearts of Your children
that they may discern Your Holy Will;
inspire in them a love and desire
to surrender themselves
to serving others in the name
of Your son, Jesus Christ.
Teach all Your faithful
to follow their respective paths in life
guided by Your Divine Word and Truth.
Through the intercession of
the Most Blessed Virgin Mary,
all the Angels, and Saints,
humbly hear our prayers
and grant Your Church's needs,
through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Lord Jesus, Eternal Shepherd,
in your kindness, look with mercy
in this part of your beloved flock.
Lord, we cry out to you as orphans:
Grant us vocations! Call many of
your people to be Holy Priests and
Consecrated men and women.
We ask Mary, your tender,
holy Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe,
to intercede for us.
Jesus, grant us priests
and Consecrated persons
after Your own Heart! Amen.

Lord, my God
and my loving Father,
you have made me
to know you, to love you,
to serve you, and thereby to find
and to fulfill my deepest longings.
I know that you are in all things, and that
every path
can lead me to you.
But of them all, there is one especially
by which you want me to come to you.
Since I will do what you want of me, I
pray you, send your Holy Spirit to me:
into my mind, to show me
what you want of me;
into my heart,
to give me the determination
to do it,
and to do it with all my love,
with all my mind, and with all of my
strength right to the end.
Jesus, I trust in you. Amen

 Mary,
 humble servant of God Most High,
 the Son to whom you gave birth
 has made you the servant of humanity.
 Your life was a humble and generous service.
 You were servant of the Word when the angel
announced to you the divine plan of salvation.
 You were servant of the Son, giving him life
and remaining open to his mystery.
 You were servant of Redemption,
standing courageously at the foot of the Cross,
close to the Suffering Servant and Lamb,
who was sacrificing himself for love of us.
 You were servant of the Church on the day of Pentecost
and with your intercession you continue to generate her
in every believer,
even in these our difficult and troubled times.
 Let the young people of the third millennium look
to you, young daughter of Israel,
who have known the agitation of a young heart
when faced with the plan of the Eternal God.
 Make them able to accept the invitation of your Son
to give their lives wholly for the glory of God.
 Make them understand that to serve God
 satisfies the heart, and that only in the service of God
and of his kingdom do we realize ourselves
 in accordance with the divine plan, and life becomes
 a hymn of glory to the Most Holy Trinity.Amen
For more information about Vocation contact
- clcalderon@loccollege.org or
mconnor@legionaries.org

LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1
Amoris Laetitia – general introduction
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocación
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
For commentaries – email – mflynn@legionaries.org
Fb – Martin M Flynn

LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio
Amor y Matrimonio 1
Amor y Matrimonio 2
Amor y Matrimonio 3
Amor y Matrimonio 4
Amor y Matrimonio 5
Amor y Matrimonio 6
Amor y Matrimonio 7
Amor y Matrimonio 8
Amor y Matrimonio 9
Amoris Laetitia – cap 1
Amoris Laetitia – introducción general
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucaristía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vocación
Para comentarios – email – mflynn@lcegionaries.org
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