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
• RESUMÈ:
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