So in your 20s, as you try to figure yourself out as an adult person,
what are you to do? I suggest you
start by being patient with yourself.
Remember that even Jesus did not
start on his public mission until he
was 30. During his 20s, then, Jesus
was learning, praying, growing, and
becoming ever more who God was
calling him to be. His life was not
only put on hold until the day when
God said, “OK, now go find John
the Baptist.” His public mission was
a continuation of all that had happened in his life until that point.
That is true of you as well. God
is actively at work in your life and
has been from the moment you were
conceived. You are an absolutely
unique creation, with gifts, talents,
and desires that match no one else’s.
You have the ability to do many
different things and the potential to
touch lives and hearts both by who
you are and what you do. As you mature into adulthood, all these things
continue to be formed and honed,
and if you pay deep attention, God
will use them to lead you to your
vocation.
Everyone has a vocation
I use the term vocation in its broad
sense. Although it used to refer only
to being a priest, sister, or brother,
we now know that everyone, whether lay, vowed, or ordained, has a
vocation. We also know that regardless of our specific role, we are called
as followers of Jesus Christ to imitate
him in the way we live, work, and
act throughout our lives. We are all
called to holiness, called to service,
and called to love. Seek to live out \
this primary vocation above all else,
and the rest will come.
As you consider your more spe-
A Benedictine Monk
is one who commits himself to live a life of prayer and work
with a community of Catholic men under the Rule of Saint
Benedict. His life’s purpose is to seek God by living with
his brothers in obedience to their spiritual father, the abbot,
and to one another. Becoming a Benedictine monk is a life
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