Discernment Resources

• Is God Calling You to be a Priest?
• What is a Diocesan Priest?
• Institute on Religious Life
• Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Seminarians
• Catechism on the Sacrament of Holy Orders

• How Should I Discern the Priesthood?
• Do You Want to be a Priest? -Pope Francis
• Lectio Divina (praying with scripture)

• The Men He Intended: Claiming our Vocation as Priests of Jesus Christ
• The Secret to St. John Vianney's Missionary Priesthood
• Religious Sign Value
• St. Matthew and the Mystery and Power of Vocation

• Discerning Hearts

• Lectio Divina (praying scripture step-by-step)
• How to pray the Rosary

SCRIPTURE
1 John 2:13-14
Acts 14:23
2 Timothy 2:2
1 Corinthians 7:32-33
Matthew 18:18
John 20:22-23
Titus 1:5

• Vita Consecrata - John Paul II on the Consecrated Life and Its Mission in the Church and in the World
• 9 Tips for Discerning Religious Life
• Institute on Religious Life
• What is Religious Life?
• Religious Communities in the United States

• Discerning Religious Life - Sr. Clare Matthias offers guidance to women to discover their vocations
• Lectio Divina (praying with scripture)

• Religious Sign Value
• St. Matthew and the Mystery and Power of Vocation
• The Joy of Religious Life

• Discerning Hearts

• Lectio Divina (praying scripture step-by-step)
• How to pray the Rosary

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