Diocese of Ferns - Vocations

There is no simple answer to this question. Each one of us has a different calling in life, and some are more certain than others of their own personal calling. The following words from Pope John Paul 11 explain his sense of calling.

"I am often asked, especially by young people,
why I became a priest. Maybe some of you
would like to ask the same question. Let me try
briefly to reply. I must begin by saying that it is
impossible to explain entirely. For it remains a
mystery, even to myself. How does one explain
the ways of God? Yet, I know that, at a certain
point in my life, I became convinced that Christ
was saying to me what he had said to thousands
before me: 'Come, follow me!' There was a clear
sense that what I heard in my heart was no
human voice, nor was it just an idea of my own.
Christ was calling me to serve him as a
priest. And you can probably tell that I am deeply
grateful to God for my vocation to the
priesthood. Nothing means more to me or gives
me greater joy than to celebrate Mass each day
and to serve God's people in the church. That
has been true ever since the day of my
ordination as a priest. Nothing has ever changed
this, not even becoming Pope."

(Los Angeles, USA, September 14, 1987)