A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
I have faith that if we caught hold of God's living candle on that truth and went out into the world I don't care what vocation just out in the world being true to the vision, we would not need to defend the cause of Jesus Christ. People would come and ask 'Where have you found the radiance that I sense in your eyes and in your face How come you don't get carried away with the world' And we would answer that the work of salvation is the glorious work of Jesus Christ. But it is also the glorious work of the uncovering and recovering of your own latent divinity.
The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.
But yield who will to their separation, My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes make one in sight. Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes, Is the deed ever really done For Heaven and the future's sakes.
The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is.
Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed.
You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.
My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.
In short, the moment I grasped that there was something to judge in me, I realized that there was in them an irresistible vocation for judgment.
I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.
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