The vocation of every human being is being a person to discover the deeper meaning of their life, its culture and its transcendent purpose. The Christian life is of different models, either from the perspective of lay or clerical consecrated, but all are designed to holiness, that is, to live in love. The call of Jesus to follow Him and the path to discover the Christian vocation requires an intimate encounter with Christ, knowing that we all have the same goal: holiness. This is recognized by the Church to propose saints as models of all conditions, men and women, founders and marriages, and beggars doctors, lawyers, monks, princes and slaves, merchants and workers, and peasant potatoes, etc. We are used often in our ministry to look for targets end: "The Kingdom of God," "salvation of souls", etc.. But there are several ways to work for the Kingdom, there are several functions or mediations for the pastoral service, celebration and worship, fellowship, Ann. There are various entities or structures where we make the apostolate institutions, families, parishes, schools, organizations, movements, communities, workplaces ... Do we consider our work as a ministry? Do we seek in our lives the kingdom of God and His righteousness? Each of the actions we take and the dimensions in which we work and the structures and means we use for our ministry can be an instance vocational if it really tends to look the Kingdom of God. Therefore, we can say that vocations are generated and made from all dimensions of the Pastoral (announcement, celebration, service, communion). In the language of educational reform could say that vocations is a "horizontal objective" in our apostolic labors, as secular or religious. The Christian vocation promotion is a task for all members of the Church. When ask vocations we should ask not only what things can we do but how to make a new way, with a different attitude, what we are doing on the various fronts of our apostolic activities. This is not to increase the amount action but the quality of our presence as Marist educators, religious and Lord calls laicos.El who wants grace acts beyond our expectations, but we observe certain constants in human means of which He used to call. We note that behind every person baptized or consecrated is a committed Christian, a sponsor, a teacher, a guide to influence as a model of identification in their vocational choice. There are also examples and witnesses who helped people who prayed for their loyalty, others were credible examples of service and availability to respond to God. Behind every man or woman with a vocation of service are those motivated with care delivery to the poor, children, the sick ... helping to discern the will of the Lord with his words and his ex. vocations involved not only priests, religious and professional guidance, but a whole string of friends and family who can form a habitat or environment for vocational that the answer appears to the specific vocation as a lay, religious, priest, religious. In this favorable environment, we might call "vocation culture" because it promotes the formation of men and women who devote themselves to Christ. On the other hand, God can call and give grace to those who want exceptionally above calculations humans, but usually uses human instruments. Therefore, we can define vocations to the field where we are working, always there and created an atmosphere or "culture of vocations. Is there a culture in our vocational schools? "We encourage the pursuit of what God wants for each person? Do we help provide free and generous response to God's plan for each? A tissue culture of vocations is that people who embody values \u200b\u200band conceptions of life come true pastoral criteria that motivate young people to move off of themselves, to look beyond their own personal projects, to feel the Christian life as a vocation, to listen God calls and open to alternative religious or priestly life as a real possibility. We understand every state of life vocation chosen as the result of a process of discernment to respond to the will of God. In a vocational environment, the promotion will begin to awaken the desire to be faithful to the call of Jesus Christ and the mission that God desires for everyone. Only in this context the proposal is significant in a particular way of life, including religious life, as a possible vocation. Therefore, in the promotion of Christian vocations, lay, religious, priests have to join forces and do not interfere or discourage. Action is non-sectarian church or personal. All vocations arise in the Church and are for the Church. In the ministry of each of us discover that the family plays an important role. The parish, church communities, movements, schools, youth groups, etc. On the other hand, influence the media, environment, friends, values \u200b\u200band bad values, activities and leisure time, etc. In short, grace does not destroy the naturaleza.Influyen also religious communities and how they understand the values, life, relationship with God and with others. A religious community is free vocational if it reflects God, service and simplicity. Will witness if it sees life as a way of saying thank you, freedom and possibility of fidelity and commitment, love and surrender sacrificial and generous, sin and disease as places where the power of God manifest, etc.
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