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1 Intro, 0,3 | the previous synod on the vocation and mission of the laity
2 Intro, 0,3 | the laity's own sense of vocation is deepened, the more what
3 I, 0,5 | millennium the priestly vocation will continue to be the
4 I, 0,7 | to any kind of religious vocation. Furthermore, one should
5 I, 0,8 | Young People: Vocation and Priestly Formation~8.
6 I, 0,8 | only to respond fully to a vocation to the priesthood but even
7 I, 0,8 | the prospect of having a vocation to the priesthood is far
8 I, 0,9 | embarking on the journey of a vocation which leads toward the total
9 I, 0,9 | perceive, desire and accept a vocation to stable and total service
10 I, 0,10 | ensure that "the Gospel of vocation and priesthood" expresses
11 II, 0,12 | essential dignity, and his vocation and mission among the People
12 III, 0,19 | A "Specific" Vocation to Holiness~19. "The Spirit
13 III, 0,19 | everyone from all eternity: the vocation to be "holy and blameless
14 III, 0,19 | revealing and communicating this vocation to us, the Spirit becomes
15 III, 0,20 | first affirms the "common" vocation to holiness. This vocation
16 III, 0,20 | vocation to holiness. This vocation is rooted in baptism, which
17 III, 0,20 | also speaks of a "specific" vocation to holiness, or more precisely
18 III, 0,20 | or more precisely of a vocation based on the sacrament of
19 III, 0,20 | alludes to this specific vocation when, after the words "For
20 III, 0,29 | from God the gift of the vocation to celibate chastity (without
21 III, 0,31 | features of the priestly vocation.~The priest needs to be
22 III, 0,33 | occasion: "The priestly vocation is essentially a call to
23 III, 0,33 | sisters to pursue their vocation to holiness.~"How can we
24 IV | IV~COME AND SEE~Priestly Vocation in the Church's Pastoral
25 IV, 0,34 | words we find the meaning of vocation.~This is how the evangelist
26 IV, 0,34 | Bible where the "mystery" of vocation is described, in our case
27 IV, 0,34 | case the mystery of the vocation to be apostles of Jesus.
28 IV, 0,34 | significant for the Christian vocation as such, has a particular
29 IV, 0,34 | with regard to the priestly vocation. As the community of Jesus'
30 IV, 0,34 | out he proper dynamism of vocation, its gradual and concrete
31 IV, 0,34 | gathers from this "Gospel of vocation" the paradigm, strength
32 IV, 0,34 | reason for this is that vocation, in a certain sense, defines
33 IV, 0,34 | theological assessment of priestly vocation and pastoral work in its
34 IV, 0,35 | The Church and the Gift of Vocation~35. Every Christian vocation
35 IV, 0,35 | Vocation~35. Every Christian vocation finds its foundation in
36 IV, 0,35 | 1:3-5).~Each Christian vocation comes from God and is God'
37 IV, 0,35 | appears as a mystery of vocation, a luminous and living reflection
38 IV, 0,35 | being by her very nature a "vocation," is also a begetter and
39 IV, 0,35 | instrument" in which the vocation of every Christian is reflected
40 IV, 0,35 | dimension of the Christian vocation: Not only does it derive "
41 IV, 0,35 | to" the Church. Christian vocation, whatever shape it takes,
42 IV, 0,35 | What is true of every vocation is true specifically of
43 IV, 0,35 | specifically of the priestly vocation: The latter is a call, by
44 IV, 0,35 | the synod fathers: "The vocation of each priest exists in
45 IV, 0,35 | Church: Through her this vocation is brought to fulfillment.
46 IV, 0,35 | every priest receives his vocation from our Lord through the
47 IV, 0,35 | the suitability and the vocation of the candidate but also
48 IV, 0,35 | element is inherent in a vocation to the priestly ministry
49 IV, 0,35 | priesthood should receive his vocation not by imposing his own
50 IV, 0,36 | history of every priestly vocation, as indeed of every Christian
51 IV, 0,36 | indeed of every Christian vocation, is the history of an inexpressible
52 IV, 0,36 | two indivisible aspects of vocation, God's gratuitous gift and
53 IV, 0,36 | fundamental datum of every vocation: whether of prophets, apostles,
54 IV, 0,36 | apostle Paul, who roots every vocation in the eternal election
55 IV, 0,36 | absolute primacy of grace in vocation is most perfectly proclaimed
56 IV, 0,36 | 15:16).~If the priestly vocation bears unequivocal witness
57 IV, 0,36 | replaced by any human decision. Vocation is a gift of God's grace
58 IV, 0,36 | And so it is always: In vocation there shine out at the same
59 IV, 0,36 | therefore, is essential to vocation -- a freedom which, when
60 IV, 0,36 | lived the full truth of vocation is Mary the virgin mother,
61 IV, 0,37 | about the true nature of vocation, making it difficult, if
62 IV, 0,37 | to perceive or live their vocation in its genuine value: Vocation
63 IV, 0,37 | vocation in its genuine value: Vocation will be felt only as a crushing
64 IV, 0,37 | understand and live one's vocation as a free dialogue of love,
65 IV, 0,37 | naturally marks every Christian vocation, and the priestly vocation
66 IV, 0,37 | vocation, and the priestly vocation in particular: As the Council
67 IV, 0,37 | foundations be laid, so that every vocation, including the priestly
68 IV, 0,37 | including the priestly vocation, will be perceived for what
69 IV, 0,38 | Vocations~38. Certainly a vocation is a fathomless mystery
70 IV, 0,38 | the ecclesial dimension of vocation. The Church is also truly
71 IV, 0,38 | present and at work in the vocation of every priest.~In her
72 IV, 0,38 | service to the priestly vocation and its development, that
73 IV, 0,38 | discernment and care of each vocation, the Church can look for
74 IV, 0,39 | the Christian meaning of vocation, or as we might say, to "
75 IV, 0,39 | might say, to "the Gospel of vocation." Here too, she feels the
76 IV, 0,39 | faith the gift of a personal vocation.~But all this, however important
77 IV, 0,39 | preaching on the mystery of vocation in the Church, on the value
78 IV, 0,39 | forcefully the priestly vocation as a real possibility for
79 IV, 0,40 | and live his or her own vocation in freedom and to bring
80 IV, 0,40 | fundamental meaning of every vocation, and it finds a specific
81 IV, 0,40 | expression in the priestly vocation. Indeed, a priest is called
82 IV, 0,41 | Vocations~41. The priestly vocation is a gift from God. It is
83 IV, 0,41 | full development of his own vocation."( 115) "This duty belongs
84 IV, 0,41 | understanding of the dimension of vocation as an innate and fundamental
85 IV, 0,41 | and never excluding the vocation to the priestly ministry."( 119)~
86 IV, 0,41 | appreciation of young people's vocation and mission in the Church,
87 IV, 0,41 | unique value of the priestly vocation and mission.~With regard
88 V, 0,42 | apostles for the sake of their vocation. After calling them and
89 V, 1,44 | have to be given to the vocation, and in particular to the
90 V, 1,44 | particular to the priestly vocation, and for faithfulness to
91 V, 1,47 | word of God that one's own vocation can be discovered and understood,
92 V, 1,53(166)| Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian Donum
93 V, 1,59 | support the laity in their vocation to be present in and to
94 V, 2,61 | therefore discernment of a vocation; the help to respond to
95 V, 2,62 | formation to discern the vocation or to intellectual and cultural
96 V, 2,63 | experience shows, a priestly vocation tends to show itself in
97 V, 2,63 | the seeds of a priestly vocation so that the students may
98 V, 2,63 | diocese a reference point for vocation work, with suitable forms
99 V, 2,63 | into the possibility of a vocation or who, having already made
100 V, 2,63 | their mind to follow their vocation, have to delay entry into
101 V, 3,66 | stability in their own vocation, a capacity to work with
102 V, 3,67 | the Faith on The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian)."( 208)~
103 V, 3,68 | involved by the choice of a vocation, to bear considerable influence
104 V, 3,68 | opposed to the choice of a vocation, a clear and calm facing
105 V, 3,68 | determined maturing of a priestly vocation.~Closely linked with the
106 V, 3,68 | encouragement to try out his vocation for the priestly mission.~
107 V, 3,68 | decision to respond to their vocation, nor should they erase the
108 VI, 0,70 | expression of the priest's vocation and mission. By the sacrament
109 VI, 0,70 | sense one can speak of a vocation "within" the priesthood
110 VI, 0,79 | be the place in which his vocation was planted and nourished,
111 VI, 0,79 | growth and development of his vocation. Now the family, with the
112 VI, 0,81 | want to find what their vocation in life is and follow it
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