God calls us to live our respective vocations in life: marriage, single, priesthood or religious life. Ultimately, we have a general vocation to live and that is the call to discipleship. That call is loud and clear in our gospel today,
Mark 8:34-9:1, when Jesus says to the crowd and his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follw me." We know that Jesus carried his cross, being nailed to the cross, and dying for the forgiveness of our sins. Through his resurrection we have the hope and promise of eternal life. Jesus tells us to pick up our cross, he just did not tell us what crosses we would have to carry, but we carry them with faith, patience, confidence, perseverance, etc. Let us pray that we will always be open to the voice of the Lord, that we will live our vocation to discipleship, and that we will pick up our crosses and follow him. God Bless You!!!
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