THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS a weekly bulletin & newsletter November 4, 2018 • 31 th Sunday in Ordinary Time
RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS
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he word vocation means calling. In particular it is a calling from God to a unique share in the Church’s mission, a personal way of following Jesus. This week is a special time for parishes in the United States to foster a culture of vocations for the priesthood, diaconate, married and consecrated life. This week avails us to the opportunity to speak about the unique gifts God has given us. In doing so, we recognize that God has provided these gifts for the purpose of building His Kingdom and our true fulfillment; attained in discovering and living out faithfully our particular vocation. We invite you to actively enter this discussion and prayer, especially with the youth of our parish. Encourage, Invite and Pray for all vocations, but in particular, vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life. Clerics are ordained for sacred ministry in the Church. Those in holy orders are ordained primarily for sacred ministry. They act in Jesus’ person when they establish the Church by proclaiming the gospel and when they build her
up by serving as teachers of the faith, as celebrants of the Eucharist and ministers of the other sacraments, and as pastoral leaders Religious meet their apostolic responsibility in a distinctive way. Each religious is a person who adopts a distinctive style of Christian life, shaped by the promises of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Lay persons have special responsibility in day to day life. The laity’s primary responsibility is to bear witness by holding fast to the faith, offering their lives as a spiritual sacrifice, and growing in holiness. This is exercised in building holy families through the sacrament of matrimony.
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a palabra vocación significa llamado. En particular, es un llamado de Dios a una participación única en la misión de la Iglesia, una forma personal de seguir a Jesús. Esta semana es un momento especial para que las parroquias de los Estados Unidos fomenten una cultura de vocaciones para el sacerdocio, el diaconado, el matrimonio y la vida consagrada.
Esta semana nos brinda la oportunidad de hablar sobre los dones únicos que Dios nos ha dado. Al hacerlo, reconocemos que Dios ha provisto estos dones con el propósito de construir Su Reino y nuestro verdadero cumplimiento; Alcanzado en descubrir y vivir fielmente nuestra vocación particular. Lo invitamos a participar activamente en esta discusión y oración, especialmente con los jóvenes y adultos jóvenes de nuestra parroquia. Alentar, invitar y orar por todas las vocaciones, pero en particular, las vocaciones al sacerdocio y la vida consagrada. Cléricos son ordenados para el Sagrado Ministerio de la Iglesia.. Aquellos en las órdenes sagradas se ordenan principalmente para el ministerio sagrado como Obispos, continued on page 2 >>