Vocation is a call to religious life or married life. Everyone has a call from God.
Sincerely speaking, I think that “vocation promotion” is often an attempt to get people to maintain our institutions and communities. Anybody can live as Jesus showed. As for doing good, I see that many married couples and young people do works of charity.
Some say that young people from well-off families won’t joint religious life. I don’t fully agree. Quite a few join a religious order or seminary after finishing their studies or leaving their career, because they receive an inner call. Another reason is that they have been inspired by the life of some religious or priests.
In my case, I was inspired by seeing my nun aunt, her love and the way she treated each one of us whenever she would come home, which happened rarely. At the same time, I did not like the sisters who taught me in school. I used to think: How unapproachable they are!
As for my life now, personal prayer, recollection and retreats help me to live this life with joy.
Sr Beena Raphael OP
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