Vocations?

Vocation.
–noun

1.	a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.

2.	a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.

3.	a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life.

4.	a function or station in life to which one is called by God: the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.

Id like to point out number 4, this is rare that when speaking about a vocation people reference the religious life as well as the married life. We seem to forget that being married is also a vocation, a calling from God. Marriage is no easy task, in most cases you don't just meet and live happily ever after. Hard work, sweat ,blood and tears goes into making a marriage work. As I have said before I am not married, I am in discernment for that and or whatever God is calling me to do, however I have been well schooled in all vocations and marriage is often left out in the mix.. As is the case with the single life. Sometimes God calls us to be single, faithful holy people. They are not in the religious life or the married life, they live alone and usually work in their church in their spare time. These people are humble, loving and devout. The single vocation is rare nowadays probably BC people like two clean categories; married and religious. Yet this vocation is just as hard as the others if not more, this vocation takes immense trust in Our Lord, something that is hard to come by in even the most devout Christians, as humans we have something in us (original sin) that causes us to be more on guard then we probably should. No matter what your vocation may be I recommend intense prayer ,private spiritual direction from your priest and above all trust. This is a hard road to travel at a young age, however God is loving, kind and merciful He will help you every step of the way.