00:00Vocation is a response of faith and is always nourished by listening to the word and living the Gospel.
00:21I want to conclude this series of messages by talking about the spirituality of vocation.
00:30It is the culmination of everything I have said, because vocation is lived with spirit, it is lived in the grace of God, taking advantage of everything He gives us.
00:44First of all, His word, His word that is written, but His word that comes to us through the church.
00:52The first thing is to listen to the word of the Lord.
00:57As Saint Paul says, faith comes from hearing preaching, and preaching consists of speaking about Christ.
01:06Vocation is a response of faith and is always nourished by listening to the word and living the Gospel.
01:15But the Lord has also provided for us immense gifts, the sacraments, in particular the sacrament of reconciliation and the sacrament of the Eucharist.
01:30Your vocation will be strengthened in whatever state of life you have, by drawing closer to the Lord so that He may grant you forgiveness, but also so that He may nourish your life, so that He may allow you to walk with energy.
01:46Because we always need the Lord's closeness, the Lord who forgives, the Lord who feeds.
01:56But not only listening to the word, not only the experiential participation in the sacraments, but also works of charity.
02:07He who lacks sensitivity towards the poor, he who does not practice works of mercy, may lose sight of his vocation.
02:19Vocation is nurtured by charity.
02:23If there is no love for the poor, if there is no love for the sick, your love may disappear.
02:30A marriage that feels loved by God and loves its neighbor will strengthen its married life.
02:40Whether you are consecrated or a priest, listen to the word, live the sacraments fully, and practice the works of mercy.
02:51Without these three ways in which God sanctifies, the vocation runs the danger of diminishing, of losing its spirit and its strength.
03:04It is necessary to live the spirituality of the vocation, which is given by the Lord himself, He is the one who strengthens it and He is the one who always accompanies it.
03:16Let yourself be accompanied by God, listening to him, eating the body and drinking the blood of Christ, reconciling frequently and living the commandment of charity.
03:32May the Lord, without exception, help us all to live the beauty of His call to the full, because He wants you to be holy, He wants me to be holy.
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