Quotes about Vocation

As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I can still hear her voice calling my name to God and telling him that she wanted me to follow him in whatever he called me to do.

I wanted to be a pastor. I was going to be a youth pastor. I mean, I play guitar; I like to make people laugh.

... Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.

Thus I suggest that prophetic ministry has to do not primarily with addressing specific public crises but with addressing, in season and out of season, the dominant crisis that is enduring and resilient, of having our alternative vocation co-opted and domesticated.

the church is, in my judgment, called to its public vocation to practice neighborliness in a way that includes both support of policies of distributive justice and practices of face-to-face restorative generosity.

The only Christian work is good work well done.

At present we have no clear grasp of the principle that every man should do the work for which he is fitted by nature!

Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.

It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.