God only wishes good for us as a human race and as individuals. Some of these calls involve the totality of our being. Others are only a part of the expression of who we are and how we experience ourselves. As we try to discern our life vocation, we search to know the consistent direction and manner of our being in this world as discovered in the pattern of our history. When we speak of our vocation to the married, priestly, single or religious life we are concerned about a constant way of being towards ourselves, other persons and God.
Different persons approach their life vocation in different ways.
Our very existence is shaped by the experiences of call. In fact, the whole human race and the church are in a dialogue of call and response with God. This dialogue, in a mysterious way, expresses the activity of Christ to transform the world into himself. Our own dialogue of call and response is part of this transformation of the world. We have been called into existence, into this family, into this country, into this race.