"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly."
Vocations
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If you think you are being called to the priesthood or religious or consecrated life, the Office of Vocations of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston have many resources to help you in your discernment process. www.houstonvocations.com
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Becoming a priest or a man or woman religious is not primarily our own decision.... Rather it is the response to a call and to a call of love.
— Pope Francis, Address to Seminarians and Novices, July 6, 2013 -
God our Father, we thank you for calling men and women to serve in your Son’s Kingdom as priests, deacons, and consecrated persons. Send your Holy Spirit to help others to respond generously and courageously to your call. May our community of faith support vocations of sacrificial love in our youth and young adults. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
— Prayer for Vocations, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life And Vocations