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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Office for Vocations
DESCRIPTION:DIVINE CALLS \nFrom a sermon by St John Henry Newman5 \n◊◊◊ \nWe find in scripture a remarkable instance of a Divine Call\, and the \nmanner in which it is our duty to meet it. Samuel was a mere child when he was \nbrought to the house of the Lord; and in due time he was called to a sacred \noffice\, and made a prophet. He was called\, and he forthwith answered the call. \nHe did not understand at first who called\, and what was meant; but on going to \nEli he learned who spoke\, and what his answer should be. So when God called \nagain\, he said: “Speak\, Lord\, for your servant hears.” Here is prompt obedience. \nVery different in its circumstances was St Paul’s call\, but resembling \nSamuel’s in this respect\, that\, when God called\, he also promptly obeyed. When \nSt Paul heard the voice from heaven\, he said at once\, trembling and astonished\, \n“Lord\, what will you have me do?” This same obedience is stated or implied in \ntwo accounts which he himself gives of his miraculous conversion. In chapter 22 \nhe says\, “And I said\, What shall I do\, Lord?” and in ch. 26 he tells King Agrippa: \n“Whereupon\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision”. \nSuch is the account given us in St Paul’s case of that first step in God’s gracious \ndealings with him\, which ended in his eternal salvation. “Whom He foreknew\, \nHe also predestined – and whom He predestined\, He also called” – here was the \nfirst act which took place in time – “and whom He called He also justified\, and \nwhom He justified\, He also glorified”. Such is the Divine series of mercies; and \nyou see that it was prompt obedience on St Paul’s part which moved Divine \ngrace forward. \nThis\, then\, is the first lesson taught us by St Paul’s conversion\, promptly \nto obey the call. If we do obey it\, to God be the glory\, for He it is Who works in us. \nIf we do not obey\, to ourselves be all the shame\, for sin and unbelief work in us. \nSuch is the state of mind expressed by holy David: “When you said\, Seek \nMy face\, my heart said to you: Your face\, O Lord\, will I seek”. And this also is \nillustrated in the case of many other saints in scripture shown in word and deed. \nFor instance\, we read of the apostles that “Jesus\, walking by the sea of Galilee\, \nsaw two brothers\, Simon called Peter\, and Andrew\, his brother\, casting a net \ninto the sea\, for they were fishers. And He said to them\, Follow me\, and I will \nmake you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets and followed him”. \nAgain\, when He saw James and John with their father Zebedee\, “He called \nthem; and they immediately left the ship\, and their father and followed Him.” \nAnd so also with St Matthew at the custom house\, “He said to him\, Follow Me; \nand he left all\, rose up and followed Him.”
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