Just as Jesus Christ has called us to holiness (Matthew 5:48), our Lord has also called us to follow him (John 14:6-7). How can I be a disciple of the Lord? By following the vocation to which God is calling you, the vocation is not only those of priestly order or religious life, a person may also have the vocation to marriage (Matthew 19:5-6) or celibacy (Matthew 19:12). Vocation is a call that God himself makes us to serve him in the best way for the work of salvation (Matthew 11:28-30), just as he did with Abraham (Genesis 12:1-2) and Samuel (1 Samuel 3:7-10).
What must I do then to be able to hear the call of the Lord? There is no better way to be attentive to the call of our Lord than prayer. In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure, with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit. Thus, the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice-holy God and in communion with him. This communion of life is always possible because, through Baptism, we have already been united with Christ (CCC 2565).
Let us be open to the call that God makes us and let us respond with faith to this call, not all we will have the same vocation, since different gifts have been distributed to each one of us until all of us attain to the unity of faith and the knowledge of the Son of God (Ephesians 4:2-14).
Let us discern with faith our vocation, whether to Holy Orders, holy matrimony or the celibate life, so that, as a holy people, we work for the edification of the body of Christ that is the Church. Let us not be sponge Christians who only receive the word without acting, let us rather be like a honeycomb, Christians overflowing with the sweetness of the gospel through our example of life in the vocation of service that God has called us to.