{"id":141009,"date":"2018-03-29T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/called-and-chosen-a-retreat-guide-on-vocation-and-the-calling-of-st-matthew\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T21:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T01:24:56","slug":"called-and-chosen-a-retreat-guide-on-vocation-and-the-calling-of-st-matthew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/called-and-chosen-a-retreat-guide-on-vocation-and-the-calling-of-st-matthew\/","title":{"rendered":"Called and Chosen: A Retreat Guide on Vocation and the Calling of St. Matthew"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"141009\" class=\"elementor elementor-141009\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ebbf8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ebbf8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d009cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61d009cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many people nowadays talk about a shortage of priests and dwindling numbers of consecrated men and women. Does this mean that God has stopped calling young men and women to serve him and his Church with the total gift of self? Certainly not. In this Retreat Guide on Vocation and the Calling of St. Matthew, we will go back and reflect on what it means for every single one of us to hear and heed the voice of the Lord in our lives:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>First Meditation<\/strong> will look at some of Jesus\u2019 teaching about what a vocation really is.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Second Meditation<\/strong> will focus on the calling of St. Matthew and its unforgettable depiction in Caravaggio\u2019s masterpiece baroque painting.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The <strong>Conference<\/strong> will give some practical guidelines that we can all use to discern our own vocation, or to help others discern theirs.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The Personal Questionnaire\/Group discussion questions are available in the Companion Guide Book or Small Group Companion Guide. 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