Casey asks:

Okay, this may be the strangest vocation letter you have ever received; as it comes from one who is currently not even Catholic! To make it short, I was raised to about 13 in a Protestant type tradition; after which I broke from pretty much all religion and refused to believe until I really believed if that makes any sense. I of course was a pretty sinful person and suffered terribly with the idea of death and of there being no God. I can't really say I searched very hard, though it was mostly because I had just no idea where to start looking! Anyway, basically one night about five months ago I think perhaps God may have thought I had suffered and searched enough because I trully feel as if he said "Hey I'm right here!" Because suddenly I truly believed in him with all my heart and soul and oh what a wonderful feeling it was!!  

Now the thing that pertains to this question is this; the next thing that came into my head was that I should devote my life to him and to specifically support him in his conversion of souls and assist him in bearing the fruit of faith. This was five months ago, the feeling is still to this day as strong now as it was then. I am of course now involved in an RCIA program. I'm not really sure what I am asking here, I just feel that this is a place where I can be rather candid about these feelings and desires. Does any of this make sense to you? Could God actually be calling a terrible sinner, who is not even been baptized in the Catholic faith (though in the protestant one) to enter into a some type of religious for him and his GLORY? Most people I talk to about this just think I'm being a nut, somehow I think it is perhaps really a wake-me-up from God. I pray for any guidance the Lord may give to me through you; and thank you for this wonderful resource!