Sentences with phrase «true vocation»

These theological bases (they must, of course, be taken together, not singly) lead to putting a high value on man and the world, to exalting technological, scientific, and political works, and to defining the Christian's true vocation as participation in human culture.

The Church is well aware of her own great and small sins in this respect; for in her desire for her own freedom she has narrowed the sphere of freedom, thus contradicting her own true vocation.

I'm happy you found your way to your true vocation and I'm sure you'll make plenty of difference in your new role.

The scholarship of men such as Dom David Knowles, Mgr Ronnie Knox and even of laymen such as Evelyn Waugh had whetted the appetite of British Catholics for their history; publishers such as Frank Sheed, at Sheed and Ward, and Count de la Bedoyere at The Catholic Herald saw meeting this demand as their apostolate, a true vocation.

This must not, however, betray the true vocation of the priest, who is not simply entrusted with conducting a few services every week, but has the frightening duty to proclaim the word of God and to bring the message of Christ to the particular situation of the individual whether it is acceptable or not, and who, in the sacrifice of the community, announces the death of the Lord till he comes again.

Similarly, work that conserves the resources of the earth, advances mental and physical health, sustains love and fidelity in family relations, minimizes arbitrary class and race distinctions, subserves the principles of economic and political justice and the cause of international cooperation, and as a true vocation becomes a service of worship: such work is, in these several respects, good.

In 1970, in what he later described as a fit of «vocational absentmindedness,» he ran for Congress, but his true vocation was the pulpit and the press, not the hustings.

Work can be no true vocation while it is turned directly or indirectly to the forging of instruments of destruction, — or can play be more than momentary escape from the abiding fear of violence so long as the nations are related to each other in hostility or uneasy alliance.

He finds his true vocation when a documentary film crew arrives at the retreat house to film the order's activities for fundraising purposes:

He waxed eloquent about the nuns who did not have true vocation to celibacy — and the monks: «Unless she is in a high and unusual state of grace a young woman can do without a man as little as she can do without eating, drinking, sleeping or other natural requirements.

In short, the 21st century will demand that we attend to what it means to be creatures, to be faithful, and to pursue the true vocation and chief end of human beings.

he 21st century will demand that we attend to what it means to be creatures, and to what is the true vocation and chief end of human beings.

Acting on stage with the likes of John Cleese and Graham Chapman, future members of the Monty Python troupe, he discovers his true vocation: satire.

It is beautiful to see how Sister Alban encouraged her on the path to her true vocation of marriage.

I guess I found my true vocation!

Through Waldorf education she discovered anthroposophy, which eventually led her to her true vocation in the pioneering work of Liane Collot d'Herbois.

Marti views her work as an Administrative Director as a true vocation and believes in the profound importance of administrative work in creating and maintaining health in our schools.

Was working in Financial Services until she realised her «true vocation was Boobies and Babies!»

14:05 - Bryant says he hopes the media rediscovers its true vocation.

In the end, it is perhaps inevitably those who least see politics as their true vocation, who soonest see more attractive things on the horizon.

It was time for me to discover my true vocation, which Aristotle supposedly said could be found at the intersection of the world's needs and my passions.

He went on to study English at London University, but after deciding that acting was his true vocation, left school to pursue his career.

In his true vocation, Crichton has published his fair share of clunkers, but it nevertheless comes as a mild shock to discover that Looker is an abominable screenplay wrung for every ounce of cinema, if not redeemed, by an unheralded visionary eye.

He might have a background in back breaking stunt man work (more than two decades worth), but in our books, this Aussie's true vocation should be filmmaking as a full time gig.

My turbulent upbringing was preparation for my true vocation.

Like many technologies 3D Printing has taken its time to find its true vocation where the gains in digital processing are discovered by both leaders and followers.

It provides both an overview of the field and a wealth of practical tips for Instructional Designers who have come to realize that their accidental job has become a true vocation.

Sadly, most people just play at being a writer, not treating it as a true vocation and something they just do on the side.

John Burdett is a nonpracticing lawyer who worked in Hong Kong for a British firm until he found his true vocation as a writer.

Intuiting Stamos» true vocation, Solomon encouraged him to paint rather than sculpt.

While studying art education, she discovered her true vocation of painting.

He was too many things to pigeonhole solely as a poet, though the poems in Rene Ricard, 1979 — 1980, a slim volume of confessional free verse bound in glossy turquoise like a Tiffany catalogue, leave little doubt as to what his true vocation was.

Therefore the dimension of project designing and experimentation merge together as the true vocation of this space, in a continuum between past and present.

Bill Nye, foppish self - proclaimed Science Guy, appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher this past Friday night and demonstrated why he ought to stick with his true vocation as a global - warming bedwetter.

Greenberg has been an inspirational voice by telling her story of how she initially graduated in psychology followed by a graduate management program and pursued a career in marketing and advertising, then, at the age of 29, she found her true vocation by returning to McGill University to study law.

By not revealing your true vocation, the policy might not be valid and this can cause many problems.

Your coach can help you pursue your passions and find your true vocation.

Working in all these arenas, I am now anticipating settling down as a delivery truck driver as I feel this is where my true vocation stands.