Have you ever considered spending a life in a Christian vocation?

National Vocation Awareness week is the first full week in November.

Men and women of herioc virtue are needed:
An Irish priest in America once told the story of how he was recruited from his native land. A bishop from Western Europe came to his seminary, which trained men for the missions, and painted a picture of comfortable rectories in a beautiful, peaceful country dotted with grand basilicas. Another bishop, from the American South, promised something different: remote, rural parishes, barely adequate rectories, few Catholics, and an oppressivly hot climate. The Irish priest said that he and nearly every other classmate chose the latter.

Real men and women rise to challenges. And the Church needs brave men and women to answer the call to the religious life. Being a priest should never be a vocation of last resort for men who could not marry or "make it" in the world. It is a vocation for strong men who love Jesus, who are striving for virtue and purity, and who are willing to lay down their lives for His Bride, the Church.

Thankfully, despite the very grave failings of too many clergy, the Church in America has some 40,000 priests, the vast majority of whom serve their people faithfully. During Vocation Awareness Week, let's pry for our faithful men and women - and encourage promising young men and women to seriously consider the religious life.
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