Last week we celebrated National Vocations Awareness Week. Vocations Week is an opportunity for us to reflect on who God is calling us to be.

We often mistake vocation for getting a job or choosing a career. However, vocation is about God’s will and purpose for our lives. Christ reveals as vocation priesthood, marriage and religious life these are not career options but are the purpose and meaning of our lives. We are chosen for these things, and we become who our creator intended us to be in our response to this divine call.

We need to allow time for our children to practice discernment. The decision-making process which allows one to reflect on God’s will our lives. Making time to be in solitude and speaking to God when discerning God’s vocation allows us to make decisions based on the love of God and the fulfillment of our heart.

During National Vocation Awareness Week our staff and students had the opportunity to pray in front of the blessed sacrament through Adoration and were visited by Priests and religious who interacted with our students during lunchtime.

Let us pray for our community that we may be open to responding to God’s call for our lives.