Looking for your vocation?
Saint:
Date: 9/17/2010
From:
FatherVictorFeltes 
For sure!
Living in a close, loving community, clothed in good habits, married to the perfect man... St. Therese had it all!
At age 15 she joyfully entered the Carmelite sisters of Lisieux, France, the fulfillment of her dream. She was well named "of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face." Her devotion to the little Jesus was reflected in her simple "Little Way" to God. She was also united to the sufferings of the mature Christ, dying of tuberculosis at 24.
Her autobiography, "Story of a Soul," led to her becoming the newest "Doctor of the Church."
Looking for a vocation?
St. Trez sayz, "Pray ladyz... itz habit formin!"
For those discerning a vocation, wondering what states of life are open to them in the Church; for the men and women asking themselves, "Am I invited by Jesus to take up the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, obedience, i.e. a consecrated/religious life? Is that invitation offered to some or to all, to the young, the old? to whom?" ... I'd like to recommend a relatively short but hard-hitting treatment of the theology of religious vocation:
http://bit.ly/vocare
Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery
by Fr. Richard Butler, O.P.
Fr. Butler's analysis may surprise you, it certainly runs counter to the popular-speak common on college campuses and the pamphlets put out by many vocations offices. But in the end, it's hard to argue with St. Thomas, St. Augustine, Canon Law, etc.
Give it a read, I assure you that you won't be disappointed, it might even change your discernment process and possibly your whole life. If anything, it should help you to think more clearly about what you are willing to do with your life, with and in God's grace, and the role that freely exercised generosity (as opposed to feelings and instincts) must play in your making a decision about a state of life.
IC XC NIKA