{"id":13414,"date":"2024-05-14T08:54:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legion.edgarhenriquez.org\/?page_id=13414"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:55:42","slug":"vocational-discernment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/vocational-discernment\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocational discernment"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><nav class=\"g-breadcrumbs separator_icon align_none hide_current\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\" itemscope itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"\/><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-separator\"><i class=\"far fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\">Pages<\/div><\/nav><h2 class=\"w-text us_custom_eb849559\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Vocational discernment<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_1 mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_boxes reversed stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:0rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_6395ab47 us_animate_this has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_ea56f62c has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7d357273 has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>\u201cJesus \u2018went up into the hills, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him\u2019 (Mark 3:13).<\/h3>\n<p>On the one hand, we have the completely free decision of Jesus; on the other, the \u2018coming\u2019 of the Twelve, their \u2018following\u2019 Jesus. [\u2026] The absolute primacy of grace in the vocation is most perfectly proclaimed in the words of Jesus: \u2018You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide\u2019\u201d (John 15:16).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_f4397b66\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 <em>Ratio Institutionis \u00abChristus Vita Vestra\u00bb<\/em>, 678.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_0728b4ce\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center\">In addition to the apostolic school, the Legion offers to those who show interest in the vocation two stages for discerning and preparing for a possible entry to the novitiate:<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_grid cols_3 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:3rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-text us_custom_877bec71 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">1<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><a href=\"\/en\/apostolic-schools\/\">Studying at a<br \/>Apostolic School<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;In them adolescents can mature in their calling in an environment adapted to their age and characterized by true inner freedom&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-text us_custom_877bec71 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">2<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><span style=\"color: #9c0720\">Period of accompaniment<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Prior to candidacy \u2014 an adjustable period of accompaniment and formation, especially involving <em>Regnum Christi<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-text us_custom_877bec71 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">3<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><span style=\"color: #9c0720\">Period of<br \/>Candidacy<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;A program ordinarily held in the novitiate house without being part of the novice community and with its own formation plan&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_f4397b66\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 The Constitutions of the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ, 64.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_1 mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_boxes reversed stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:0rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_9ff5b450 has_text_color has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Right intention<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_838d6786\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>A young man\u2019s experience of an intimate relationship with Christ reveals his desire: his longing to belong totally to him, his inner drive to work for the salvation of mankind, his attraction to fraternal life, or other similar interior movements. Often, at the beginning of this journey, these good motives are tangled with others that are less pure: an attraction to a human exemplar, an idealized concept of the priesthood, a desire to be in the spotlight, etc. Over time, God will purify these lesser motives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:40px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Suitability<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_838d6786\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>His capability is verified both by the absence of impediments and by the possession of certain necessary qualities. These are found in the Code of Canon Law and in the Constitutions as objective points of reference by which young men and their formators can discern the presence of a Legionary vocation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_f4397b66\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2014 <em>Ratio Institutionis \u00abChristus Vita Vestra\u00bb<\/em>, 679.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_d80ca091 us_animate_this has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_1 mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_boxes reversed stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:0rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_c633b92d us_animate_this has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_b182187a has_text_color has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7d357273 has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Discernimiento<\/h2>\n<p>We use the word discernment because prudent judgment is necessary in matters of vocation. In this process, we evaluate whether the traits the Constitutions speak of are sufficiently present in the candidate, while keeping in mind that he is also going to undergo a long process of interior growth. This process is different for each person: for some, the conviction of their call is obvious from the start, while for others this moral certainty comes only after a long, painful journey. For this reason, personal, attentive, supernatural and fatherly accompaniment are crucial in every stage of formation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_f4397b66\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 <em>Ratio Institutionis \u00abChristus Vita Vestra\u00bb<\/em>, 680.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_2c45f91b\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_eb849559\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>Have you ever asked yourself\u00a0<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: var(--color-content-link)\">what God is calling you to?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_eb849559\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h5>Get to know the Legionary vocation and discern with us<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_center\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 us_custom_09d3e09f\" href=\"\/en\/vocation-contact\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Contact<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HomePagesVocational discernment\u201cJesus \u2018went up into the hills, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him\u2019 (Mark 3:13). 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