BY CHLOE RAYKOS

VOCATION

• VOCATION IS THE LIFE-CALLING OF EVERY PERSON AND IS CREATED IN EVERYONE BY GOD.

• VOCATION AS A LIFE-CALLING IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A JOB.

• EACH PERSON HAS A GOD-GIVEN VOCATION TO CONTRIBUTE IN A PARTICULAR WAY TO GOD’S CREATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE WORLD TODAY.

• EACH PERSON HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH GIFTS NEEDED TO PURSUE THEIR ROLE TO FOLLOW THEIR VOCATION GIVEN BY GOD.

MARRIAGE

• JESUS RESTORED GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MARRIAGE:

• GOD REVEALED THAT MARRIAGE WAS MEANT TO BE A LONG-LIFE AND LOVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

• THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE STRENGTHENS AND GUIDES PEOPLE IN THEIR LIFE TOGETHER:

• THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE IS TO HELP RESTORE THE RELATIONSHIP GOD ORIGINALLY INTENDED, BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE.

• BAPTISED PEOPLE CONFER THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE UPON ONE ANOTHER:

• THIS HAPPENS DURING WHICH THEY EXCHANGE THE VOWS OF MARRIAGE BEFORE A PRIEST OR DEACON OR TWO OTHER WITNESSES.

• ORIGINAL SIN DESTROYED GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN.

• JESUS RESTORED GOD’S ORIGINAL PURPOSE:

• THE SEXUAL EXPRESSION OF MARRIED LOVE

• PROCREATION OF CHILDREN

MARRIAGEEXAMPLES OF ROLES AND JOBS THAT FALL WITHIN THE VOCATION:

• MARRIED LIFE

• PARENT LIFE

GIFTS AND TALENTS THAT A PERSON MAY NEED TO FULFIL THE VOCATION:

• TRUST

• COMMITMENT

• PATIENCE

MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD

• JESUS SUPPORTS HIS FOLLOWERS PERSONALLY THROUGH THE ORDAINED PRIESTHOOD:

• JESUS APPOINTED THE APOSTLES

• ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY

• JESUS INSTITUTED THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS:

• BISHOPS: PEOPLE WHO INHERITED THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT JESUS FIRST GAVE THE APOSTLES.

• PRIESTS: ASSIST THE BISHOPS WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLE.

• DEACONS: A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED TO SERVE THE CHURCH THROUGH MINISTRY OF LITURGY, WORD AND CHARITY

• ‘CELIBATE LOVE’ IS THE LOVE OF A SINGLE-PERSON, WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU ENTER THE LIFE OF PRIESTHOOD YOU HAVE TO BE SINGLE.

MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD

• EXAMPLES OF ROLES AND JOBS THAT FALL WITHIN THE VOCATION:

• PRIESTS - BROTHERS

• DEACONS - BISHOPS

• POPE -ARCH BISHOP

• GIFTS AND TALENTS THAT A PERSON MAY NEED TO FULFIL THE VOCATION:

• HAPPINESS

• GUIDANCE

• PATIENCE

• PEACEFUL

RELIGIOUS LIFE

• PEOPLE CALLED TO RELIGIOUS LIE SEEK TO IMITATE JESUS BY TAKING VOWS OF POVERTY, CHASTITY AND OBEDIENCE; ‘THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS’:

• CHASTITY: IMITATING CHRIST BY LOVING IN A WAY THAT IS TOTALLY AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

• POVERTY: OWING NOTHING PERSONALLY IN IMITATION OF CHRIST. DEPENDING ON THE CHURCH FOR SUPPORT.

• OBEDIENCE: IMITATING CHRIST WHO GAVE HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO OBEYING GOD THE FATHER, BY PLACING ONE’S TALENTS AT THE COMPLETE DISPOSAL OF THE CHURCH.

• PEOPLE MAKE A PROFESSION OF VOWS, TO LIVE A LIFE OF GOSPEL CHASTITY, POVERTY AND OBEDIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF GOD’S PEOPLE.

RELIGIOUS LIFE • EXAMPLES OF ROLES AND JOBS THAT FALL WITHIN THE VOCATION:

• SISTERS

• NUNS

• BROTHERS

• PRIESTS

• GIFTS AND TALENTS THAT A PERSON MAY NEED TO FULFIL THE VOCATION: • CARING

• KIND

• SOCIAL

LIFE EVERLASTING

• THE BASIC PURPOSE OF EVERY PERSON’S LIFE IS TO EXPERIENCE A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD:

• THE BASIC HUMAN VOCATION IS TO RELATE PERSONALLY WITH GOD AND BECOME THE PERSON GOD CALLS EACH TO BE

• EVERY HUMAN WAS CREATED TO FIND HAPPINESS THROUGH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

• JESUS REVEALED WHAT HAPPENS AFTER PEOPLE DIE:

• HEAVEN (ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD), HELL (ETERNAL LIFE WITHOUT GOD) OR PURGATORY (THE LAST JUDGEMENT)

• CHRISTIAN BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING.

• PRAYER, ATTENDING CHURCH FREQUENTLY, NOT TURNING AWAY FROM GOD.

CHRISTIAN VOCATION • CHRISTIANS HAVE A VOCATION TO SHARE IN THE MISSION OF JESUS AS A:

a) PRIEST: PUT OTHERS FIRST

• RESURECTION- HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO GOD

• EUCHARIST- HIS BODY AND BLOOD

• PEOPLE, NOW, OFFER EVERY MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES IN SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE TO GOD THE FATHER.

b) PROPHET: SPEAK OUT ON BEHALF OF THE POOR AND THE POWERLESS

c) KING: EXERCISE STEWARDSHIP OVER ALL CREATION

• HIS MISSION WAS TO ESTABLISH THE RULE OF GOD IN THE WORLD- LOVE AND GOODNESS THAT DESTROYS EVIL.

• PROMOTED A SOCIETY THAT REFLECTED GOD AND THE VALUES OF GOD.

• DEMONSTRATED HE WAS A KING THROUGH HIS SERVICE, NOT THROUGH DOMINANCE

PERSONAL VOCATION

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