Postulants, Novices, Sisters &Priests
Magdalene defines the vocation to her Institute of Charity as «a great gift of God». Through the action of the same Spirit, and at a distance of nearly two centuries, Vatican Council II would officially recognize every call to the life of religious consecration as «a divine gift» to be jealously safeguarded and promoted according to the specific spirit of the founders/foundresses
who make up the secular heritage of the Church of Christ. If every gift comes from above, it is more than ever true to say the same for the vocation to consecrated life.
The vocation of man/woman has its roots in the heart of God and precedes its very manifestation and perception by man/woman just as it precedes the very creation of the world itself. The God who calls is the same God who creates. He creates to call, and calls according to a mysterious plan of providence after having given the qualities and means necessary for the person to respond. «In the plan of God every man/woman is called to a certain development because every life is a
vocation» and this is written in the innermost depth of each person. It is for man /woman to respond to the invitation of the Creator and Lord, in the depth of his/her own conscience for an integral and harmonious development of all his/her potentials and for the realization of the goal for which he/she has been created. All men are called through diverse ways to realize themselves fully and to participate in the happiness of God Himself. With the aim of leading them to attain this eternal happiness, God sent His Son into the world who in time fulfilled the salvific plan hidden for centuries. Through His Incarnation, Christ is present in the history of man to enrich him from within, to transform him with the breath of the Spirit and to lead him back reconciled with the Father.
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