This Week
Fourth Sunday of Easter
26/4/2026
Vocations Sunday
This weekend we will receive a Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop encouraging vocations. This is an important mission for all of us—not only to promote vocations, but also to pray for them.
We are called to help our young people to see that choosing the Lord is a truly beautiful and fulfilling way of life. God is the one who calls, but the call is often first heard and nurtured at home.
I remember being with a group of children , and one asked me what I wanted to be when I was growing up. I mentioned a few things like a footballer or helping people. Then another child asked, “why be a priest?. Couldn’t you be something else?” I told them that the priesthood is what makes me truly happy. The child wasn’t wrong—just reflecting what they had learned elsewhere. Perhaps that being a priest is not really an option, or that other priorities come first.
And that is the point. If young people only hear that success means money or status, then a vocation may seem strange. But when faith and prayer are part of family life, responding to God’s call becomes something natural and meaningful.
Marriage, priesthood, and religious life, responding to God’s call becomes something natural and meaningful .
Marriage, priesthood, religious life are all important vocations. Each is a way of living out our life in Christ, and each helps bring faith and hope to a world that needs it so much, now more than ever.
So let us encourage our children and young people. If they sense a calling, support them. Help them to discern God’s will.
Remember, Christ did not call the perfect, but those who are not so perfect, so that his glory can shine through them and others can glorify God though them. And let us always remember that the love of the Good Shepherd continues to call each one of us.
With every blessing,
Fr Axcel
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