Byz's Vocation Thoughts

[Byzantine]

Could there be a significance to feeling drawn towards different vocations at different times of the day? For example, priesthood in the morning, marriage at noontide, and monasticism at night? Not saying that's how it actually is for me, but supposing someone found themselves in a comparable situation?

[Not The Philosopher]

I'm definitely not a wellspring of knowledge on vocation discernment, but I'll hazard a guess at this: just about any major choice we make in our lives tends to come with a certain degree of sorrow for all the possibilities we're closing off. We want it all. So the fact that one could feel emotionally tugged in different directions at times seems pretty normal.

[cmaD2006]

feeling drawn to different vocations at different times to me just indicates that the heart is not settled on one vocation yet.

[Byzantine]

I was just wondering, since it seems like there might be some sort of cycle to it, if that might be significant?

[VeniJesuAmorMi]

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Could there be a significance to feeling drawn towards different vocations at different times of the day? For example, priesthood in the morning, marriage at noontide, and monasticism at night? Not saying that's how it actually is for me, but supposing someone found themselves in a comparable situation?
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I don't know if I could give any good advise here, but it sounds that if someone had this situation at this point in their discernment then they are being open to all these vocations. If they're thinking of all these different vocations during the day then it would be that they are certainly seeking for their place (what is meant for them.) I would say then that through prayer and the guidance of a good priest and the Holy Spirit they would at the right time find what they are being called to.