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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Office for Vocations
DESCRIPTION:THE CALL OF GOD \nBy Hans Urs von Balthasar1 \n◊◊◊ \nEvery call of God is a proclamation of the eternal election by which he \n“chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world\, that we should be holy \nand without blemish in his sight in love”; by which he “predestined us to be \nadopted through Jesus Christ as his sons”. It is an act of love\, and its goal is the \nholiness that is always a form of love. Because it has been formed and shaped \nby the laws of love\, it can be comprehended only in terms of love. \nIt follows that God can issue the commandment of love\, which is the \nessential content of every genuine call\, in varying degrees of urgency and clarity. \nFor many\, its sound is dissipated; they regard it as something to be taken for \ngranted\, as something that does not require their special attention. Of course\, \nGod demands love; of course there is such a thing as a first and greatest \ncommandment; of course every Christian is called to obey it\, whether well or \nbadly\, to the best of his ability. And God will help our weakness\, and\, we hope\, \nforgive our failings. So far as its content is concerned\, the commandment of love \nsounds plainly enough\, but it strikes no answering chord in the one who hears \nit. It compels him to no conclusions that could force him out of the rut he is in. \nThe call to love God boundlessly is always\, at the same time\, God’s \noffering of his own love to the one thus called. Because this is so\, the call bears \nin itself the possibility not only of understanding\, but also of responding to the \nlove to which it calls. Indeed every special form of the divine call contains also \nthe special grace of the response. All forms of God’s special call are forms of love \nand\, for that reason\, different from the mere command that a master might \nissue to his servant… The manner and the very sound of God’s voice can be9 \ndifferent depending on…the personal love of God that is reflected in the \ninvitation to personal discipleship.
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-office-for-vocations-16/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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