WE NEED SAINTS by Rev.Fr.Lawrence Ogundipe S.D.V (VOCATIONS TALK @ CYON ADC CONVENTION)

The vocations talk was anchored by Rev. fr. Lawrence ogundipe s.d.v .he emphasized that Etymologically, vocation has its root  from the Latin word “Vocare”  which means  TO CALL



He moved on to say that vocation isn’t any type of call but divine call because it is God who calls.
The first call is a call to life cf Justin Russolilllo in his book A life of vocations edited by Don Luis Caputo
According to the catechism of the Catholic Church “love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being cf ccc 2392.  God created us  out of love and he called all to Holiness to become sanctified sanctifiers
More specifically, in the Orthodox and Catholic Church, this idea of vocation is especially associated with a divine call to service to the church and humanity through a particular person, in a particular vocational life commitment such as
Marriage
Ordination to priesthood
Consecration as a Religious
Fr. LAW as he is called gave example of Michael Angelo who first calved the image of St Michael the Arch Angel from an abandoned stone. While everybody sees a useless stone, he saw the beautiful image of St Michael hidden in the stone. So he began to calve, to shape, until he revealed the world’s awesome art of historical classics.
He pointed out the fact that there are challenges in any chosen vocation not problem because we can overcome them. St Paul says ‘my Grace is sufficient for you’
WE NEED SAINTS
 He moved on to say that "We need saints without cassocks, without veils - we need saints with jeans and tennis shoes. We need saints that go to the movies that listen to music that hang out with their friends. We need saints that place God in first place ahead of succeeding in any career. We need saints that look for time to pray every day and who know how to be in love with purity, chastity and all good things. We need saints - saints for the 21st century with spirituality appropriate to our new time. We need saints that have a commitment to helping the poor and to make the needed social change.
We need saints to live in the world, to sanctify the world and to not be afraid of living in the world by their presence in it. We need saints that drink Coca-Cola, that eat hot dogs, that surf the internet and that listen to their iPods. We need saints that love the Eucharist, that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza or drink a beer with their friends. We need saints who love the movies, dance, sports, and theatre. We need saints that are open sociable normal happy companions. We need saints who are in this world and who know how to enjoy the best in this world without being callous or mundane. We need saints." Reference;       Pope Francis on the world youth day 2013.

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