Pope Francis (neneo / Shutterstock.com)
“A vocation is a fruit that ripens in a well cultivated field of mutual love that becomes mutual service, in the context of an authentic ecclesial life. No vocation is born of itself or lives for itself. A vocation flows from the heart of God and blossoms in the good soil of faithful people, in the experience of fraternal love. Did not Jesus say: ‘By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another’ (John 13:35)?” (Pope Francis, May 11, 2014, Vocations Sunday / Good Shepherd Sunday)
