Pastoral Resources

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.

Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms with the reality of the vocation I had chosen.