In the third class we watched clips from the movie “The Lion King”. The first week of November is usually National Vocations Awareness Week. The topic of “vocation” includes both large and small life paths and decisions. It picks up the theme of “time” and what we do with it from The Lord of the Rings. The Lion King also moves us to ask what holds us back in life, what we are afraid of, and how our family and friends help us to move in the right direction. We saw how Simba experienced a great suffering which caused him to withdraw from life and escape his calling… but friends and family found him and helped him be who he was called to be. Take this movie as a moment to pray about what your life holds and what your unique mission may be. “Be who you are called to be and you will set the world ablaze” – St. Catherine of Siena.
Everyone: Please review the posted material and answer the homework questions. Reflection questions + Homework questions are BOTH on the same Google Form at the end of the page; everyone must complete the Homework questions.
If you missed class: Please watch the Lion King movie or the following clips (due to copyright, cannot post our class clips), look over the related materials and answer the reflection questions + homework questions. Reflection questions + Homework questions are BOTH on the same Google Form at the end of the page; everyone must complete the Homework questions.
Movie Quote
Rafiki: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.. Simba: That’s not my father. That’s just my reflection. Rafiki: No. Look harder. Rafiki: You see? He lives in you…You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life. Simba: How can I go back? I’m not who I used to be. Mufasa’s Ghost: Remember who you are. You are my son and the one true king. Remember who you are.
Scripture Passages
For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will let Myself be found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29: 11-13
Catechism Quotes
Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being. #2392
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Today the Lord continues to call us to follow him. We should not wait to be perfect in order to respond with our generous ‘yes,’ nor be fearful of our limitations and sins, but instead open our hearts to the voice of the Lord. To listen to that voice, to discern our personal mission in the Church and the world, and at last to live it in the today that God gives us. Pope Francis, Message for the 55th World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2018
At the root of every vocational journey there is the Emmanuel, the God-with-us. He shows us that we are not alone in fashioning our lives, because God walks with us, in the midst of our ups-and-downs, and, if we want him to, he weaves with each of us a marvellous tale of love, unique and irreproducible, and, at the same time, in harmony with all humanity and the entire cosmos. To discover the presence of God in our individual stories, not to feel orphans any longer, but rather to know that we have a Father in whom we can trust completely. Pope Saint John Paul II, Message for the 2001 World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Just as he did during his earthly existence, so today the risen Jesus walks along the streets of our life and sees us immersed in our activities, with all our desires and our needs. In the midst of our everyday circumstances he continues to speak to us; he calls us to live our life with him, for only he is capable of satisfying our thirst for hope. He lives now among the community of disciples that is the Church, and still today calls people to follow him. The call can come at any moment. Today too, Jesus continues to say, “Come, follow me” (Mk 10:21). Accepting his invitation means no longer choosing our own path. Following him means immersing our own will in the will of Jesus, truly giving him priority, giving him pride of place in every area of our lives: in the family, at work, in our personal interests, in ourselves. It means handing over our very lives to Him, living in profound intimacy with Him, entering through Him into communion with the Father in the Holy Spirit, and consequently with our brothers and sisters. This communion of life with Jesus is the privileged “setting” in which we can experience hope and in which life will be full and free. Pope Benedict XVI, Message for the 2013 World Day of Prayer for Vocations
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