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	I have only highlighted the passages that make the point that '''every Christian has a [[vocation]],''' a calling from God, by virtue of their Baptismal vows.		I have only highlighted the passages that make the point that '''every Christian has a [[vocation]],''' a calling from God, by virtue of their Baptismal vows.

	Since the time that I first read the documents of Vatican II, in the summer of 1971, I have noticed a discrepancy between the Church's teaching that all members of the Church have a vocation from God and the practice of praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as if only priests and religious had a vocation. I feel very sad when--I am sure by accident and with the best of intentions!--those who want to see more vocations to the priesthood and religious life give the impression that all other members of the Church have no vocation.		Since the time that I first read the documents of Vatican II, in the summer of 1971, I have noticed a discrepancy between the Church's teaching that all members of the Church have a vocation from God and the practice of praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as if only priests and religious had a vocation. I feel very sad when — I am sure by accident and with the best of intentions! — those who want to see more vocations to the priesthood and religious life give the impression that all other members of the Church have no vocation.

	"'''The perfect example of this type of spiritual and apostolic life is the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles,''' who while leading the life common to all here on earth, one filled with family concerns and labors, was always intimately united with her Son and in an entirely unique way cooperated in the work of the Savior."<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P2H.HTM#LS ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' § 4.]</ref>		"'''The perfect example of this type of spiritual and apostolic life is the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles,''' who while leading the life common to all here on earth, one filled with family concerns and labors, was always intimately united with her Son and in an entirely unique way cooperated in the work of the Savior."<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P2H.HTM#LS ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' § 4.]</ref>

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	== Each Christian is Gifted ==		== Each Christian is Gifted ==
	"Each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v7 (1 Cor 7:7).]		:"Each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v7 (1 Cor 7:7).]

	== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==		== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==

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	<sup class="versenum">31</sup> Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way.		<sup class="versenum">31</sup> Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
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			== Each Christian is Gifted ==
			"Each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v7 (1 Cor 7:7).]

	== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==		== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==

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	[[File:05-05-25-11.JPG\|thumb\|400px\|<div align="center">Bloom where you are planted.</div>]]		[[File:05-05-25-11.JPG\|thumb\|400px\|<div align="center">Bloom where you are planted.</div>]]
	The word "vocation" appears 63 times in the Documents of [[Vatican II]].<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/AQ.HTM Concordance entry for "vocation."]</ref>		The word "[[vocation]]" appears 63 times in the Documents of [[Vatican II]].<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/AQ.HTM Concordance entry for "[[vocation]]."]</ref>

	I have only highlighted the passages that make the point that '''every Christian has a vocation,''' a calling from God, by virtue of their Baptismal vows.		I have only highlighted the passages that make the point that '''every Christian has a [[vocation]],''' a calling from God, by virtue of their Baptismal vows.

	Since the time that I first read the documents of Vatican II, in the summer of 1971, I have noticed a discrepancy between the Church's teaching that all members of the Church have a vocation from God and the practice of praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as if only priests and religious had a vocation. I feel very sad when--I am sure by accident and with the best of intentions!--those who want to see more vocations to the priesthood and religious life give the impression that all other members of the Church have no vocation.		Since the time that I first read the documents of Vatican II, in the summer of 1971, I have noticed a discrepancy between the Church's teaching that all members of the Church have a vocation from God and the practice of praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as if only priests and religious had a vocation. I feel very sad when--I am sure by accident and with the best of intentions!--those who want to see more vocations to the priesthood and religious life give the impression that all other members of the Church have no vocation.

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	~~''This page is under construction~~. ~~I have not yet copied the footnotes from the documents into my quotations~~.''		[[File:05-05-25-11.JPG\|thumb\|400px\|<div align="center">Bloom where you are planted.</div>]]

	The word "vocation" appears 63 times in the Documents of [[Vatican II]].<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/AQ.HTM Concordance entry for "vocation."]</ref>		The word "vocation" appears 63 times in the Documents of [[Vatican II]].<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/AQ.HTM Concordance entry for "vocation."]</ref>

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	"'''The perfect example of this type of spiritual and apostolic life is the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles,''' who while leading the life common to all here on earth, one filled with family concerns and labors, was always intimately united with her Son and in an entirely unique way cooperated in the work of the Savior."<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P2H.HTM#LS ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' § 4]</ref>		"'''The perfect example of this type of spiritual and apostolic life is the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles,''' who while leading the life common to all here on earth, one filled with family concerns and labors, was always intimately united with her Son and in an entirely unique way cooperated in the work of the Savior."<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P2H.HTM#LS ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' § 4]</ref>

			== The Body of Christ Needs All Its Members ==

			; [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians12.htm#v13 1 Cor 12:13-31]

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			<sup class="versenum">13</sup> For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

			<sup class="versenum">14</sup> Now the body is not a single part, but many.

			<sup class="versenum">15</sup> If a foot should say, "Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong any less to the body.

			<sup class="versenum">16</sup> Or if an ear should say, "Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong any less to the body.

			<sup class="versenum">17</sup> If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

			<sup class="versenum">18</sup> But as it is, God placed the parts, each one of them, in the body as he intended.

			<sup class="versenum">19</sup> If they were all one part, where would the body be?

			<sup class="versenum">20</sup> But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body.

			<sup class="versenum">21</sup> The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor again the head to the feet, "I do not need you."

			<sup class="versenum">22</sup> Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary,

			<sup class="versenum">23</sup> and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety,

			<sup class="versenum">24</sup> whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it,

			<sup class="versenum">25</sup> so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another.

			<sup class="versenum">26</sup> If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.

			<sup class="versenum">27</sup> Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it.

			<sup class="versenum">28</sup> Some people God has designated in the church to be, first, apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then, mighty deeds; then, gifts of healing, assistance, administration, and varieties of tongues.

			<sup class="versenum">29</sup> Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work mighty deeds?

			<sup class="versenum">30</sup> Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

			<sup class="versenum">31</sup> Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
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	== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==		== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==

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	Since the time that I first read the documents of Vatican II, in the summer of 1971, I have noticed a discrepancy between the Church's teaching that all members of the Church have a vocation from God and the practice of praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as if only priests and religious had a vocation. I feel very sad when--I am sure by accident and with the best of intentions!--those who want to see more vocations to the priesthood and religious life give the impression that all other members of the Church have no vocation.		Since the time that I first read the documents of Vatican II, in the summer of 1971, I have noticed a discrepancy between the Church's teaching that all members of the Church have a vocation from God and the practice of praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as if only priests and religious had a vocation. I feel very sad when--I am sure by accident and with the best of intentions!--those who want to see more vocations to the priesthood and religious life give the impression that all other members of the Church have no vocation.

			"'''The perfect example of this type of spiritual and apostolic life is the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles,''' who while leading the life common to all here on earth, one filled with family concerns and labors, was always intimately united with her Son and in an entirely unique way cooperated in the work of the Savior."<ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P2H.HTM#LS ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' § 4]</ref>

	== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==		== ''Lumen Gentium'' ==

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	: Christ the Lord abundantly blessed this many-faceted love, welling up as it does from the fountain of divine love and structured as it is on the model of His union with His Church. For as God of old made Himself present<ref>3</ref> to His people through a covenant of love and fidelity, so now the Savior of men and the Spouse<ref>4</ref> of the Church comes into the lives of married Christians through the sacrament of matrimony. He abides with them thereafter so that just as He loved the Church and handed Himself over on her behalf,<ref>5</ref> the spouses may love each other with perpetual fidelity through mutual self-bestowal.		: Christ the Lord abundantly blessed this many-faceted love, welling up as it does from the fountain of divine love and structured as it is on the model of His union with His Church. For as God of old made Himself present<ref>3</ref> to His people through a covenant of love and fidelity, so now the Savior of men and the Spouse<ref>4</ref> of the Church comes into the lives of married Christians through the sacrament of matrimony. He abides with them thereafter so that just as He loved the Church and handed Himself over on her behalf,<ref>5</ref> the spouses may love each other with perpetual fidelity through mutual self-bestowal.

	: Authentic married love is caught up into divine love and is governed and enriched by Christ's redeeming power and the saving activity of the Church, so that this love may lead the spouses to God with powerful effect and may aid and strengthen them in sublime office of being a father or a mother.<ref></ref> For this reason Christian spouses have a special sacrament by which they are fortified and receive a kind of consecration in the duties and dignity of their state.<ref>7</ref> By virtue of this sacrament, as spouses fulfil their conjugal and family obligation, they are penetrated with the spirit of Christ, which suffuses their whole lives with faith, hope and charity. Thus they increasingly advance the perfection of their own personalities, as well as their mutual sanctification, and hence contribute jointly to the glory of God.		: Authentic married love is caught up into divine love and is governed and enriched by Christ's redeeming power and the saving activity of the Church, so that this love may lead the spouses to God with powerful effect and may aid and strengthen them in sublime office of being a father or a mother.<ref>6</ref> For this reason Christian spouses have a special sacrament by which they are fortified and receive a kind of consecration in the duties and dignity of their state.<ref>7</ref> By virtue of this sacrament, as spouses fulfil their conjugal and family obligation, they are penetrated with the spirit of Christ, which suffuses their whole lives with faith, hope and charity. Thus they increasingly advance the perfection of their own personalities, as well as their mutual sanctification, and hence contribute jointly to the glory of God.

	: As a result, with their parents leading the way by example and family Prayer, children and indeed everyone gathered around the family hearth will find a readier path to human maturity, salvation and holiness. Graced with the dignity and office of fatherhood and motherhood, parents will energetically acquit themselves of a duty which devolves primarily on them, namely education and especially religious education.		: As a result, with their parents leading the way by example and family Prayer, children and indeed everyone gathered around the family hearth will find a readier path to human maturity, salvation and holiness. Graced with the dignity and office of fatherhood and motherhood, parents will energetically acquit themselves of a duty which devolves primarily on them, namely education and especially religious education.

	: As living members of the family, children contribute in their own way to making their parents holy. For they will respond to the kindness of their parents with sentiments of gratitude, with love and trust. They will stand by them as children should when hardships overtake their parents and old age brings its loneliness. Widowhood, accepted bravely as a continuation of the marriage '''vocation''', should be esteemed by all.<ref>8</ref> Families too will share their spiritual riches generously with other families. Thus the Christian family, which springs from marriage as a reflection of the loving covenant uniting Christ with the Church,<ref></ref> and as a participation in that covenant, will manifest to all men Christ's living presence in the world, and the genuine nature of the Church. This the family will do by the mutual love of the spouses, by their generous fruitfulness, their solidarity and faithfulness, and by the loving way in which all members of the family assist one another.		: As living members of the family, children contribute in their own way to making their parents holy. For they will respond to the kindness of their parents with sentiments of gratitude, with love and trust. They will stand by them as children should when hardships overtake their parents and old age brings its loneliness. Widowhood, accepted bravely as a continuation of the marriage '''vocation''', should be esteemed by all.<ref>8</ref> Families too will share their spiritual riches generously with other families. Thus the Christian family, which springs from marriage as a reflection of the loving covenant uniting Christ with the Church,<ref>9</ref> and as a participation in that covenant, will manifest to all men Christ's living presence in the world, and the genuine nature of the Church. This the family will do by the mutual love of the spouses, by their generous fruitfulness, their solidarity and faithfulness, and by the loving way in which all members of the family assist one another.

	; [http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P15.HTM#ST § 49]		; [http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0037/_P15.HTM#ST § 49]

	: The biblical Word of God several times urges the betrothed and the married to nourish and develop their wedlock by pure conjugal love and undivided affection.<ref></ref> Many men of our own age also highly regard true love between husband and wife as it manifests itself in a variety of ways depending on the worthy customs of various peoples and times.		: The biblical Word of God several times urges the betrothed and the married to nourish and develop their wedlock by pure conjugal love and undivided affection.<ref>10</ref> Many men of our own age also highly regard true love between husband and wife as it manifests itself in a variety of ways depending on the worthy customs of various peoples and times.

	: This love is an eminently human one since it is directed from one person to another through an affection of the will; it involves the good of the whole person, and therefore can enrich the expressions of body and mind with a unique dignity, ennobling these expressions as special ingredients and signs of the friendship distinctive of marriage. This love God has judged worthy of special gifts, healing, perfecting and exalting gifts of grace and of charity. Such love, merging the human with the divine, leads the spouses to a free and mutual gift of themselves, a gift providing itself by gentle affection and by deed, such love pervades the whole of their lives:<ref>11</ref> indeed by its busy generosity it grows better and grows greater. Therefore it far excels mere erotic inclination, which, selfishly pursued, soon enough fades wretchedly away.		: This love is an eminently human one since it is directed from one person to another through an affection of the will; it involves the good of the whole person, and therefore can enrich the expressions of body and mind with a unique dignity, ennobling these expressions as special ingredients and signs of the friendship distinctive of marriage. This love God has judged worthy of special gifts, healing, perfecting and exalting gifts of grace and of charity. Such love, merging the human with the divine, leads the spouses to a free and mutual gift of themselves, a gift providing itself by gentle affection and by deed, such love pervades the whole of their lives:<ref>11</ref> indeed by its busy generosity it grows better and grows greater. Therefore it far excels mere erotic inclination, which, selfishly pursued, soon enough fades wretchedly away.
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	: Various organizations, especially family associations, should try by their programs of instruction and action to strengthen young people and spouses themselves, particularly those recently wed, and to train them for family, social and apostolic life.		: Various organizations, especially family associations, should try by their programs of instruction and action to strengthen young people and spouses themselves, particularly those recently wed, and to train them for family, social and apostolic life.

	: Finally, let the spouses themselves, made to the image of the living God and enjoying the authentic dignity of persons, be joined to one another<ref>16</ref> in equal affection, harmony of mind and the work of mutual sanctification. Thus, following Christ who is the principle of life,<ref>17</ref> by the sacrifices and joys of their '''vocation''' and through their faithful love, married people can become witnesses of the mystery of love which the Lord revealed to the world by His dying and His rising up to life again.<ref>18</ref>		: Finally, let the spouses themselves, made to the image of the living God and enjoying the authentic dignity of persons, be joined to one another<ref>16</ref> in equal affection, harmony of mind and the work of mutual sanctification. Thus, following Christ who is the principle of life,<ref>17</ref> by the sacrifices and joys of their '''vocation''' and through their faithful love, married people can become witnesses of the mystery of love which the Lord revealed to the world by His dying and His rising up to life again.<ref>18</ref>

	== ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' ==		== ''Apostolicam actuositatem'' ==

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