Vocations: Where role and soul align.
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How Will You Know? - A Prayer for Discerning Vocations
What is God's Will for Me
We all face choices in life. Minor ones come up all the time. Then there are the more significant decisions, such as: What is my vocation? Is God calling me to this work? Is this the person I should marry? Should we home school our children?
We don’t have to guess. There are specific principles for discerning God’s will. |
Much Ado About Vocations
So, when we are faced with a decision, the best thing to do really is to pray -- specifically about the question at hand, but also just in general. But we shouldn't expect, most of the time, to get a specific answer in prayer. Prayer prepares us to figure out the answer, which we do using the mundane tools of common sense, alertness, and desire.