{"id":16728,"date":"2015-09-14T01:01:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=16728"},"modified":"2015-08-29T07:13:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T12:13:05","slug":"what-is-my-vocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/09\/14\/what-is-my-vocation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is My Vocation?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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God called Abraham and commanded that he called his relatives\u00a0to a new land. <\/span>He took his wife Sara and insisted that He would give him a descendant.\u00a0<\/span>However, Sarah was sterile.<\/span><\/p>\n

When God visited Abraham, Sarah got pregnant. <\/span>Abraham had a son, the only one, the son of promise. <\/span>After a while, the Lord said: now sacrifice your\u00a0son. <\/span>Abraham understood that this meant more than to sacrifice his\u00a0son, he understood that he could not go to God himself, so he would have to give his son the Lord. <\/span>Abraham came to tie the hands of his son, but the Lord cried out: Abraham! <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I believe that you love me and denied me nothing. <\/span>Behold, the promises I will keep. <\/span>Soon, a new lamb appeared and Abraham untied his son, he\u00a0got the lamb and sacrificed it to God.<\/span><\/p>\n

See the story of Abraham, we can imagine what he felt to have to sacrifice his son. <\/span>When we see the crucifix, we don’t think of the pain of the father seeing his Son on the cross. <\/span>I don’t know if the pain was greater than the parent or child, because This is\u00a0suffered in the heart, soul and spirit. <\/span>You can’t imagine the pain of God for each of us.<\/span>For him, we\u00a0too are\u00a0<\/span>Worth a heavy price: the blood of Jesus. <\/span>For this reason, we cannot irresponsibly\u00a0cast our vocation aside.<\/span><\/b>
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You might even say: “I choose if I go to heaven or to hell!”. <\/span>No! <\/span>You have no right! You d<\/span>on’t have it, because Jesus paid a high price for you, he paid with the blood … <\/span>So, you have no right to continue in sin, to go to hell.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. <\/span>And we are called to follow him. <\/span>Our first vocation, our first call is giving life, spend it for his brother.<\/b> <\/span>Many are called, as Abraham and Sarah, to give\u00a0their\u00a0life in marriage. <\/span>If there is a sacrament in which we must give our lives, this is matrimony. <\/span>That’s why a lot of people want to stop along the way, you want to get a divorce, because you don’t want to sacrifice for each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know it’s very nice for girls to dream with one that God already predestined them, because Abraham had a dream too. <\/span>But you know, my daughter, that to keep your marriage you need to give yourself\u00a0to your spouse, your children and even to the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You, boy, must also live the same thing, need to give of yourself to your wife, give your life for her. <\/span>Even the priests and consecrated persons need to take life in their\u00a0vocation. <\/span>My way of getting to give of myself is that of\u00a0being priest for the people.<\/span><\/p>\n

My children, this is your vocation: spend time and devote yourselves to the priesthood, a religious community or the marriage. <\/span>If you think your life is going to be a bed of roses, don’t kid yourself. How<\/span>\u00a0beautiful it is when we are willing to give of our life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which is the way you chose to give of yourself? I<\/span>n your marriage, the priesthood? religious life?\u00a0Which<\/span>\u00a0are the people who depend on you for being\u00a0saved?<\/span><\/p>\n

Lord,\u00a0today, You are looking for people willing to give their lives for their brothers and sisters.<\/b><\/p>\n

Monsignor Jonas Abib<\/p>\n

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