Every person has a vocation. For the Christian, this means that the person is called by God to become more like Jesus Christ - to share his life and love, to grow in knowledge and love of God, and to place our personal gifts and talents at the service of others.

God's call is always an invitation to love and 'choose life' (Deuteronomy 30:19), for where there is love, there is also life. God calls many to choose life in the vocation of marriage; some to choose life in the single vocation; and others to choose life in the vocations of sisters, brothers, priests and deacons.

We come to know and appreciate the vocation to which God calls us personally through prayer, reflection and through speaking with others about our hopes and desires, our gifts and talents.

In responding to God's call to each of us, we can experience what Jesus has promised: 'I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full' (John 10: 10).

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Prayer
God, I know you love me and are calling me to choose life.

Help me to listen to your call in all the ways you speak to me: through prayer and the scriptures, through the Eucharist and the Virgin Mary, through the Church and the world, through those who love and care for me, and through my own hopes and desires.

Guide me to search openly that I may respond faithfully to your call. Show me how to love wholeheartedly and serve others with the gifts you have given me.

God, today I thank you for your love and for all your gift of life holds for me.

Amen.