We are Called

Vocation Prayer for Discernment

God, I know You love me and have great plans for me. But sometimes I am overwhelmed by the thought of my future. Show me how to walk forward one day at a time.May I take heart while I search openly, learn about all the choices, listen to others for advice, and pay attention to my own feelings. By doing these things, may I hear your call to a lifestyle and a career that will let me love as only I can, and let me serve others with the special gifts that You have given me. Amen.

To Know One’s Vocation

Lord, my God and my loving Father,You have made me to know You, to love You, to serve You,and thereby to find and to fulfill myself.I know that You are in all things,and that every path can lead me to You.But of them all, there is one especiallyby which You want me to come to You.Since I will do what You want of me,I pray You, send your Holy Spirit to me: into my mind,to show me what You want of me; into my heart,to give me the determination to do it,and to do it with all my love, with all my mind,and with all my strength right to the end.Amen.

I just got these beautiful prayers for vocation. We are all called to live according to our vocation; some were called to a religious life, some to become single blessed, and some are called to married and family life. Whatever vocation we are called to, they all serve as blessings from God. We need not be perfect in living up with our vocation, but at least faithful enough in whatever vocation is given to us.