Vocation & Discernment
The calling or destiny we have in this life and hereafter
What is Vocation?
Your vocation is best able to be discerned when you have this experience of being drawn towards God
What is Consolation?
a prayer that is spoken aloud or silently such as the Lord’s prayer
What is Vocal Prayer?
The discernment of your _______ is one of the most important decisions you will make in your entire life
What is Vocation?
Everyone is called to this vocation (need specific wording)
What is Holiness?
God's will has been revealed by the teachings and life of who?
Who is JESUS CHRIST?
This sign of a vocation meaning you are willing/motivated to do God's will.
What is Proper Motivation?
a form of prayer in which one engages the mind, imagination, and emotions to focus on a partial biblical or spiritual truth
What is Meditation?
supernatural gifts from the Holy Spirit given to a baptized Christian to serve the Church and others, building up the Body of Christ
What are Charisms?
This state of life includes priests, brothers, and sisters.
What is Religious/consecrated life?
It is the way in which we identify God’s will within the context in which we live.
What is Discernment?
A sign of a vocation that involves a strong attraction toward a certain calling.
What is A Desire?
the experience of being drawn away from God
What is Desolation?
This is a person's natural, inborn way of reacting, feeling, and interacting with the world
What is Temperament?
Marriage, single life, ordained life, and religious life are examples of these.
What are the States in Life?
to “separate apart” so we might distinguish something in order for it to be perceived clearly
What is Discernment?
This sign means being willing/open to consider any vocation God may call you to.
What is Availability and Openness?
a form of wordless prayer in which one is fully focused on the presence of God; sometimes defined as “resting in God”
What is Contemplation?
God’s interest and action in guiding his creation to perfection. Coincidences ordered towards God
What is Providence?
The fulfillment of our vocation is called ______
What is Eternal Happiness?
God's still voice speaks in stillness and peace. What is another name for this kind of experience?
What is consolation?
This sign refers to the attitudes and habits that help someone respond to God.
What is General Disposition?
Who is the Saint who came up with the Spiritual Exercises related to consolation and desolation?
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
Name the four temperaments.
What are Choleric, Sanguine, Phlegmatic, and Melancholic?
The purpose of this life is to ____ God, _____, and ____ God.
What is to Know God, Love God, and Serve God?