11/3/19: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Your Vocation is Holiness!

On this Sunday of Vocations Awareness Week, we have the magnificent story of Zacchaeus, a big sinner, unquestionably "unworthy" of an encounter with God, yet Jesus calls him out anyway and proceeds to go to dine at his home. What is the result of this unexpected encounter with the merciful heart of Jesus? Zacchaeus experiences a conversion of heart. God pursues him, meets him, and then calls him to holiness. Such is the story of our life too. And as we strive for holiness and grow in relationship with God, he calls us to a particular way of following: a state of life. Let's pray especially today for those God is calling to the priesthood or religious life and encourage and support our young people to discern these calls and to answer when God is calling!

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