www.vocation.com - Discernment

	What are the conditions required for discernment and what are the signs of reliable answers?
	Was he simply testing my generosity?
	Where or how can I find resources and support for myself and my parents while discerning
	I don't know if I am listening correctly
	What is the balance between obeying my father and discovering God's will?
	I am struggling between becoming a religious or diocesan priest...
	Should I wait to finish college before I enter the seminary?
	How can I know if or where I'm called to active or contemplative life, especially since I don't have time to visit anywhere?
	Is my wanting to do more for Christ by joining a religious community a result of generosity, or just an escape from daily life?
	I want to give God the first shot in life but feel that I'm called to married life: is waiting to date a wise thing or a waste of time?
	I have so many choices: how do I know which order to choose?
	If there are so many other ways to serve people outside the priesthood, why should I be a priest?
	Is it wrong to enter the priesthood because the economy is bad?
	Can you tell me how I can hear God?
	I am 18 years old, and I feel that I have a calling to Religious Life. How do you know when you have found your calling?
	Am I called to celebrate the Tridentine Mass or not?
	My friends think I'm a goody-two-shoes for wanting to be a priest, and people say I'd be wasting my talents on the priesthood. What do I say?
	I'm really attracted to working with kids. Am I called to be a priest?
	I'm coming back to my faith and I'm looking for which order or movement to join... do you have any advice?
	It seems like the vocation is for me, but how can I tell for sure?
	I have such a longing and urge to join religious life, but I'm not sure if that's what God wants.
	How does one know if he or she is called to a religious vocation or if he or she is called to married life?
	Is it better to be a missionary in Latin America, or stay to help out the priest shortage in our own country?
	Who can help me find out if I am called to be a nun?
	Should I enter the postulancy program at the cloistered convent?
	When do you know when to move towards a vocation to the religious life and when it is better to stay where you are?
	I have such an amazing desire to be a bride of Christ. How do I know when to apply?
	How do you know when it is the right time to start discerning something? Are you ever completely sure?
	I desire to be married but more and more I'm also desiring to be a priest? What can I do to help me hear God's call?
	I'm not happy, and I'm at a loss for what I'm supposed to do with my life.
	How do I know that I have a vocation?
	How do I know that what I am doing is God's will, especially if my parents don't agree?
	My friend is setting a deadline for God to give him a sign.
	How do you know if you have a calling to become a priest or brother?
	I'm really torn between being a nun and a mother.
	How do I know where God is calling me to pursue my vocation?
	I know that I must do God's will, but there is a part of me that doesn't want this call.
	I think my friend has a vocation.
	Sometimes I feel God is calling me to be a mother, or sometimes to be a Carmelite. Is this a mix-up of feelings, or is it normal?
	I want to find out more about whether I have a vocation.
	Do most people who feel they have a vocation immediately attend a Catholic College and get started on it?
	Which order should I join?
	I don't know what I should do with my life!
	What should I be looking for to tell me whether to get married or be a priest?
	How do I begin the discernment process?
	Should I start religious life now, or do another year of volunteer work?
	Are my emotions affecting the discernment of my vocation?
	How far does the vow of obedience go?
	What should I look into when considering a vocation to the diocesan priesthood?
	What if I feel some aspects of religious life aren't for me?
	Should I seek out a spiritual director to help me with my discernment process?
	How much does personality have to do with a vocational decision? Can a vocation be destroyed?
	If I became a nun when I am older how would my life change ?
	After I enter the Catholic Church, how should I follow a calling to the priesthood?
	How can I pursue my vocation now that I'm overseas?
	Why am I afraid that God will call me to religious life just because I think I should get married?
	What kind of motivations do you have to have in order to follow a vocation?
	There are just so many things going on in my life that I don't know where to go from here - what can I do?
	Is it normal to feel difficulties such as thinking that God has stopped listening to you?
	I feel like God may be calling me, but certain things are making my vocation get dimmer. Any advice?
	How should I deal with a possible calling to become an Eastern Rite priest?
	Is not being accepted to any convents a sign you don't have a vocation?
	Each time I think of the priesthood I feel I shouldn't be a priest. Should I be one?
	How does one find his vocation?
	Now that I've found another path that interests me, how can I tell where God wants me to be?
	Does God want me to continue in the seminary?
	How do I discern which religious order to join?
	How can you be happy with a vocation since it seems like you never have time to relax or have fun?
	How do you know if you are really fit to live in a communal environment?
	I'm confused between my desires for marriage and being a nun.
	I'll be joining an order soon, but I am struggling to not get caught up in this world and go back to my previous lifestyle.
	I know several things that I think God wants me to do; which one is it?
	Is God calling me to a musical vocation?
	If it's God's plan for me, it will happen, right?
	I am 33 years old and still single; it seems like I am going nowhere.
	How do you know if you're called or not?
	Should I start a new order that works to protect the environment?
	It would be so much easier if God would open up the clouds and just tell me!
	Can I be 100% sure?
	What if God calls you to the priesthood and you say no, opting for marriage instead?
	How do I keep myself from becoming distracted by the desire to love someone else?
	Is he trying to tell me that he wants me for himself?
	What happens when men turn away from their calling?
	I think I would like to get a little bit more of a general college education before committing to the priesthood...
	How do I know this fascination with nuns doesn't mean I am supposed to be one?
	I come to 'crunch time'...where do I go from here?
	Other fascinations and the call
	How do I know what God's will is for my life?
	Is it possible that I may also be meant to marry?
	How do I know whether this is my voice or the voice of God when discerning my vocation?
	How much weight should I consider other people's comments in discernment?
	Which order do I choose?
	Is the Lord calling me?
	Are there questions we can ask ourselves to find out if we really have a vocation for priesthood?
	Where is God leading me?
	I'm not sure whether to join the Marines or the seminary; can I do both and be a chaplain?
	Is there such a thing as seasons in discernment of your vocation?
	How do I know if it's what God wants?
	If I want to have a family, what should I do about the call I feel to religious life?
	Is God calling me?
	Should I view this time of waiting to enter the Monastery as a cross to bear or God's will?
	How do I decide between religious life or married life?
	I'm in medical school and have started thinking about the priesthood. What do I do now?
	How do I distinquish my desires and wants from that of the Lord's?
	Why do you seem to stress putting all over considerations aside while one is discerning a vocation?
	I want to be a nun. I don't know if it's the right decision, though.
	I thought I was called to the priesthood, now it seems I am heading in a different direction.
	Am I in denial?
	Should I just act on my thoughts since I am not receiving an answer in prayer?
	I'm still in the dark and need clarification.

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