Where is God calling us to go?  And what is God calling us to be and do?  To answer these questions, we go like Christ into that desert part of our life, led by the Holy Spirit, and let God’s love and truth penetrate our hearts so that we can truly feel and discover God’s love for us, and how we are to share that love the best way we can on life’s journey.  In those desert moments of prayer and contemplation, ask the Holy Spirit to help you come to realize which vocation you are called to, and to give you the wisdom and courage to answer the call.  

The Church, in its liturgy and through programs of formation and education, offers support for all vocations, and especially how we can encourage more to be in those vocations and calls of life that need to be strengthened and built up today.  We all realize there is a great shortage of priests and vocations for religious life in our Church today. Lent is a special time to see how we can all support those who are in these vocations, and how we can all work to provide more ordained and consecrated leaders for our beautiful Catholic Church. 
 

Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI