2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

VOCATION: A CALL TO HOLINESS
Br. Jayno Jabonillo, OP

All of us have a gift of vocation from God. Yes, all of us and no one is exempted. We may not agree with the first sentence above but it is the truth. What leads us to disagree, perhaps, is because we do not yet understand the meaning of this and find out the life that God has planned for us.

Life is the greatest gift that we have received from God and he wrapped this gift with a Vocation, a call since our birth. We may not hear him calling us but our faith helps us listen to his Divine calling. But what is this call asking us?

In today’s gospel, Jesus Christ said, “Come, and you will see” so that you will understand and find out that VOCATION IS A CALL TO HOLINESS. “Be Holy, for I the Lord your God, am Holy.” (Leviticus 11:44)

Are you a consecrated man or woman? Are you married? Or are you a single blessed? We know the kind of vocation we are embracing and living now, but do we understand completely the purpose or what benefits us in living our vocation faithfully and joyfully?

Brothers and sisters, God himself is constantly reminding us that our VOCATION IS ALWAYS A CALL TO HOLINESS. Thus, let us live together a Holy Life.