In paradise, God called Adam, and he answered him. In the conversation, the first word belongs to the Lord; by this word, the Lord gives every creature existence. Man is called to be one way or another; he has his own individual occupation. God’s calling is very different from what we call vocations in a secular sense. The first difference concerns a certain moment in life. When a young man decides to choose a profession, his studies, his work is believed to have reached certain maturity that he exists, living in time. So first there is o existence and only then the choice of its path\u2014the divine vocation proceeds oppositely. God will predestine from eternity a man gives him work to do existence, time, and all necessary conditions to carry out a divine plan. However, the ability to realize to take this vocation and accept it comes in time, later, in a moment that God also foresaw. The second difference concerns natural suitability to the intended work. They are carried out in different countries psychological examinations to reveal what one’s job has gifts. He is supposed to be happy when he chooses an activity that he will perform easily and with gusto. God’s calling that we know from the Holy Scriptures surprise with their opposite method. One hears God’s voice suddenly, against all expectations, the profession feels incapable of performing the work, to which they are called, stutter in surprise as, the prophet Jeremiah: “The word of the LORD came to me:” Before I created you in the life of my mother, I knew you before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you but to be perfect I have given you to the nations as a prophet. ‘ Then I said, Alas, O Lord GOD! I know not how he spoke. I am a boy, ‘but the Lord said to me, ‘Don’t say: I’m a boy. Everywhere I send you, you go, and all that I command you will say ‘”(Jeremiah 1: 4-7).<\/h2>\n
St. Ignatius has long tossed in uncertainty, carries out their profession in some form. He decided to go to Rome to seek help. When it’s approached the city, he got in the church in La Storta following confirmation from God – he seemed to see Christ with the cross on his shoulders and near him eternal A father who told him, “I want you to marry this one his servant. “So Jesus took him and said, “I want him to serve me.” And so the practical question is: Where and how do we hear God calling? Much of this question has been discussed in the specific case of the priesthood call or religious profession. Some authors have placed the main emphasis on the mediation of the church. He is therefore called God is one who rightful church leaders call to serve. Saint Thomas Aquinas, on the contrary, prefers the inner vocation in the heart inspired by the Holy Spirit, which manifests a persistent desire to follow a certain spiritual path. It presupposes a sincere and constant prayer to be human enlightened. Indeed, both voices of God, both inner and external, must be aligned. Church service is concentrated primarily to help distinguish which inner voice is truly divine and illusory. What is claimed about priestly and religious vocations applies to varying degrees for all of God’s calling.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"