Vocation

Explore the playlist below before your next small group meeting.

 

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  • Scripture: 1 Peter 1:15-23, 1 Samuel 3

  • Main Ideas:

    • Catholics use the word “vocation” a lot, but many teens do not know what it actually means; it includes both universal and particular vocations.

    • Each person has the same universal vocation: the call to holiness. We must respond to this vocation during every moment of our lives.

    • Our particular vocation is a specific and individual vocation from God, a calling to live out His will for our lives. This includes the Sacrament of Marriage, the Sacrament of Holy Orders, and consecrated life.

    • Teens should begin discerning their particular vocation by asking God what He wants for their lives and learning more about the different vocations within the Catholic Church.

  • Key Terms

    • Consecrated Life: A permanent state of life recognized by the Church, entered freely in response to the call of Christ to perfection, and characterized by the profession of the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

    • Holy Orders: The Sacrament of Apostolic Ministry by which the mission entrusted by Christ to His apostles continues to be exercised in the Church through the laying on of hands. This sacrament has three distinct degrees or “orders”: deacon, priest, and bishop. All three confer a permanent, sacramental character.

    • Matrimony: A sacrament that joins one man and one woman in marriage with promises that the couple will be faithful to each other, open to life, and commit to living out their faith as a representation of the love Christ has for the Church.

    • Vocation: The calling or destiny we have in this life and hereafter. The vocation of the laity consists in seeking the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and directing them according to God’s will.

    • Vow: A deliberate and free promise made to God, concerning a possible and better good which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of religion.

 

Listen

6 Minutes

 

Retreat Preparation

Create a prayer space for yourself to use during the Greater Confirmation Retreat which begins Jan. 15. If you already have a prayer space, freshen it up with something different or new.

Suggestions: cross or crucifix, bible, candle, picture or statue of Jesus, Mary or a saint, rosary, table cloth, flowers

Internet Search “Catholic Prayer Space at Home” for ideas. Send your pictures to Sheila or post with #GREATERRETREAT.

Activity

15 Minutes

 

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Pray

5 Minutes

We all have a vocation. What is God specifically calling you to do so you can live out your universal vocation, your call to holiness? What is God calling you to do so you can make a step toward your particular vocation?

Lord, you have called each of us to live a life of holiness. Show us how to live out that call in this stage of our lives. You have a specific vocation for each of us. Help us be open to your call and begin learning more about the different types of vocations in the Church. Give us the strength to always say “yes” to whatever it is you are calling us to. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

 
 
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Call to Family, Community, & Participation

The person is not only sacred but also social. How we organize our society -- in economics and politics, in law and policy -- directly affects human dignity and the capacity of individuals to grow in community. Marriage and the family are the central social institutions that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. We believe people have a right and a duty to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.