Journal #6: The Religious and Priestly Vocation

God calls the great majority to the married lifestyle. He calls persons to express their love and service to God as one body. But there are members of the Church who are called to express their love and service through the consecrated and celibate (unmarried) lifestyle. By the grace of God, such persons choose not to marry. These persons are called Religious.

In the short documentary we have watched entitled, May Call Waiting Ka Ba? We learned from the testimony of different individuals how and why they responded to God's calling and embraced the religious way of life.

Reflection Points:

Based on the film we watched:

• What struck you most about the testimony of featured religious why they choose to embrace the religious way of life?
  
• Like in the married way of life, there are challenges that a religious person must face. What do you think are these?


• Go back to our previous discussion about the Sacrament of Matrimony. Compare and contrast this two vocation, take note of the similarities and difference. In what way are both serving God and others?


• Say your prayers for the religious men and women, specially those you know personally that they may be a ble to persevere and carry out their duties to serve the church and others.