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I am furious & he tells me forgive I am afraid & he tell me Take courage I have doubts & he says to me Have confidence I feel restless & he says to me Be calm I prefer to go my own way & he says Come & follow me I make my own plans & he tells me Forget about them I aim for material goods & he says Leave them behind I want security & he says I Promise you absolutely nothing I like to live my own life & he says Lose your life I believe I am good & he tells me Good is not enough I like to be the boss & he says Serve I like To command other & he says Obey I like to underesatnd he says Believe I like clarity & he speaks in Parables I like poetry & he speaks me in Realities I like tranquility & he likes me to be Disturbed I like violence & he says Peace be with u I draw sword & he says Put that away I think of revenge & he says Offer the other cheek I spe

Whenever we celebrate Vocation Sunday, it is a celebration of the unique call received by each of us to collaborate in a Divine Partnership, leading to a commitment of love.  The dignity and privilege of this Partnership is afforded to all - be it through marriage, the priesthood / religious life or the single state of life.  It is this great mystery of our faith that we proclaim on Vocation Sunday.  We celebrate it with songs of praise and thanksgiving, with credos of  renewed commitment to our divine call, with humble petitions for the grace of fidelity to God’s initiative in our lives. The God who calls us is a God of Love.  He opens up a new personal covenant-relationship with us, sealed with the Word-made-Flesh dwelling among us.  “I will be their God and they will be my people” (Jer, 31-33.)  The inspirational documents of Vatican II are replete with the multidimensional character of our divine calling and responsibility as  the people of God.  Articles 10 and 11 of