{"id":5368,"date":"2021-04-06T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fdlsagesse.org\/?p=5368"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:30:52","slug":"comprendre-ma-vocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fdlsagesse.org\/en\/comprendre-ma-vocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding My Vocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sr Siobh\u00e1n Boyle DW<\/p>\n

What does it mean to say we have a vocation?\u00a0 Vocation is a word that is used in different contexts.\u00a0 I believe a vocation is a response to a call, which emanates from deep within each one of us and is deeply personal to each of us.\u00a0 The word vocation has its roots in the Latin language to call and to reveal and can leads us to find our path throughout our lives.\u00a0 [1]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

In the words of Thomas Merton, [<\/sup>2]<\/sup>
\nOur vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny….to work out our identity in God.<\/p>\n

As we work with Wisdom in the creation of our own lives, in discovering our own identity and destiny we allow ourselves to be shaped and reshaped by Wisdom.\u00a0 As we live and grow on this path of discovery, we discover new paths and new ways of being.\u00a0 In the words of St Paul, “For we are God\u2019s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”<\/em>.\u00a0 (Ephesians 2:1) We are called to be the canvas on which Wisdom creates the us in Her own image.<\/p>\n

and there was a new voice<\/em>
\nwhich you slowly<\/em>
\nrecognised as your own,<\/em>
\nthat kept you company<\/em>
\nas you strode deeper and deeper<\/em>
\ninto the world,<\/em>
\ndetermined to do<\/em>
\nthe only thing you could do —<\/em>
\ndetermined to save<\/em>
\nthe only life that you could save.<\/em>
\nMary Oliver – The Journey[3]<\/sup><\/p>\n

As we mature and develop and co-create our own canvas with Wisdom, we can discover that we are called, not to one vocation but, possibly, to several vocations.\u00a0 Often, we talk about a vocation to marriage or religious life but within each of these vocations there is the possibility of a vocation of poet, artist, doctor, dentist, teacher, nurse – the list is endless.\u00a0 We do not have only a single vocation or single possibility for our lives – there are many possibilities and vocations to discover.<\/p>\n

My Journey<\/strong>
\nDoes this description of vocation resonate with me?\u00a0 Yes, it does.\u00a0 I made my first profession in 2012 a week after my 50th birthday and in October 2020, in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, I professed my final vows.
\nAs I journeyed with Wisdom and as Daughter of Wisdom in this time, I recognised the three questions that each of is invited to ask ourselves at some time in our lives:<\/p>\n