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Pope Benedict XVI: Three Keys to Vocations
On February 13, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, in a message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, asked all the faithful to be attentive to the men and women who “sense a call to the priesthood or to a special consecration.” It is important, he said, to “provide helpful guidance and direction along the way.”
According to our Holy Father, the three things that nourish vocations are:
1) Scripture – love of and familiarity with God’s Word
2) Prayer – attentive and unceasing, personal and in community
3) Eucharist – “the heart of every vocational journey: it is here that the love of God touches us in Christ’s sacrifice, the perfect expression of love, and it is here that we learn ever anew how to live according to the ‘high standard’ of God’s love.”
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