2014 Pope's message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Pope Francis has released a statement for the May 11, 2014 World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Among his words are these:

“I invite you to listen to and follow Jesus, and to allow yourselves to be transformed interiorly by his words, which “are spirit and life” (John 6:62). Mary, the Mother of Jesus and ours, also says to us: “Do whatever he tells you” (John 2:5). It will help you to participate in a communal journey that is able to release the best energies in you and around you. A vocation is a fruit that ripens in a well-cultivated field of mutual love that becomes mutual service, in the context of an authentic ecclesial life. No vocation is born of itself or lives for itself. A vocation flows from the heart of God and blossoms in the good soil of faithful people, in the experience of fraternal love.”

Click here for the full address in English.

Click here for the full address in Spanish.