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A vocation is a call from God to share intimately in His inner life of love. Out of His love, the Lord has created you— and you alone— for a specific mission. Your vocation is His invitation for you to share in God’s redemptive plan as a single or married person, civilian or military, or in such a specialized role as a Catholic military priest-chaplain who is both an ordained priest and a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces. The person in such a role is responding to a call within a call—a call to military service within a call to the priesthood. Sometimes the pull of a vocation is strong, sometimes not. If it keeps coming back—if this call is that nagging tug on the heart—then it must be followed. You are being called by God to do something remarkable, and that call must be pursued, or you will spend the rest of your life wondering about it. Hearing the call requires that you listen to the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit and learn to sift God’s voice from other voices. Perhaps more so than in the past, modernity offers so many paths to follow that hearing God’s voice in the midst of all this confusion can be difficult. Discerning a priestly or religious vocation can be especially challenging when others, even those close to us, discourage us. “If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your heart.” -Psalm 95
UPCOMING AMS VOCATION DISCERNMENT RETREATS
If you are a layman, military or civilian, and not yet formally accepted to a diocese or religious community priesthood formation program, and feel a call to the priesthood and the military chaplaincy, prayerfully seek the advice of your Catholic military priest-chaplain (if you are on active duty), or your local parish priest. He will put you in touch with the vocations director in your home diocese. The vocations director can outline the steps to discern your call, enter into seminary formation, and become an ordained priest. You may also contact our AMS Director of Vocations for information and guidance.
The Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS) serves at the pleasure of the Archbishop. The Vocations Director is available to answer your questions, give advice and guide you through the discernment process, listening to your sense of calling and providing feedback as well as practical and spiritual support.
https://www.milarch.org/vocations/
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