Vocation Essay

Priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters help us hear God’s call in our lives in different ways. At first they can help us through prayer. Prayer means to talk to God. And if you don’t talk to God how can you pay attention to him? They help you comprehend the meaning of prayer and how to pray. When we meditate we are quiet and secluded from the people around us. They teach us how to contemplate, and how to listen.

Priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters also help us hear God’s call through experience. They have already been through what today’s youth is going through now. They know what it’s like. They teach us how to live a Christian life. If we don’t live a holy life then we lose our sense of hearing. We would be dead to the call God is trying to tell us. Holy men and women give us back our hearing just like Jesus would do. When I listen to the priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters in my life, it inspires me to find my holy duty as a Catholic child of God.

I have a sister teaching religion at my school. She’s a great person and role model. Just seeing people who have heard the call wants me to hear, too. Priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters also help us to hear God’s call by their advice they give to young Christians. It is the guidance to love God and to serve God’s people.

When you lost your way and turned toward sin go to them for help. They will not lead you astray. But they will show you the way to good. When you are on the path of righteousness. hearing God’s call is ultimately up to you to believe.

Joseph English
7th Grade