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\u2026 I wonder about this \u201ccalling\u201d to vocations we hear about when one is discussing their discernment process. If we are \u201ccalled\u201d by our baptism vows what is there to discern really? At what point does discernment just become self absorption?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nGod's calling...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... I wonder about this "calling" to vocations we hear about when one is discussing their discernment process. 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