Vatican City, Jan 15, 2012 / 09:41 am
Pope Benedict XVI has emphasized need for good spiritual counsel for those discerning a vocation to the priesthood or religious life.
“I would like to emphasize the critical role of spiritual guidance in the journey of faith and, in particular, in response to the vocation of special consecration for the service of God and his people,” the Pope said during his Jan. 15 Sunday Angelus address.
“God’s call to follow Jesus more closely, giving up forming their own family to dedicate themselves to the great family of the Church, is normally done through the testimony and proposal from a ‘big brother,’ usually a priest.”
Also instrumental in the process, he said, are parents “who by their genuine faith and joyful married love, show children that it is beautiful and possible to build all your life on the love of God.”