{"id":5325,"date":"2015-05-14T19:16:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T17:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/?p=5325&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-09-16T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T12:07:09","slug":"listening-to-the-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/listening-to-the-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to the call"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Events and people who help to listen to the call<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>God does not speak in a visible and audible way. He speaks to the heart, in silence, through his Word. He speaks to me at the same time in my life, through meetings and events. To perceive his call supposes to take time to pray and to reread one\u2019s life under the direction of the Spirit.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The joy of the Novices whom I met is what touched me most and attracted me to the Brothers: the joy of giving one\u2019s life to Christ &#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Bro. Julio, Scholasticate, Abidjan<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> &#8220;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOne day, I saw a leaflet on the vocation of the La Mennais Brothers in a Carmelites&#8217; monastery in Manila, which said: &#8220;We need teachers, educators and evangelisers&#8221;.<br \/>\n<strong>Bro. Israel, Philippines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2-Photo-A-l\u00e9coute-A-e1463246377617.jpg\" alt=\"2 + Photo A l'\u00e9coute A\" width=\"800\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Signs for a call to be a Brother?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Every person is unique and each one has his own itinerary, but we can recognise some signs which can help gradually and in accompaniment, to perceive and to discern the call:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The joy of making a commitment in the service of young people, to live with them during educational experiences (animations, catecheses, teaching) in schools, in holiday centres, in Parishes, in movements \u2026<\/li>\n<li>The concern for the little children and of the poor, and the wish to work for a better world through the service of education, by helping people to grow up humanely and in their faith.<\/li>\n<li>The interior desire to follow Christ and to live according to the Gospel, with others in a life marked by the search for God.<\/li>\n<li>The availability and the capacity to commit oneself concretely in the field of education, by the profession of teacher or educator, with the concern to innovate and to work with others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2-Photo-A-l\u00e9coute-B-e1463246588788.jpg\" alt=\"2 + Photo A l'\u00e9coute B\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;During my life in the Parish, I had met only one Brother. It is this missionary Brother\u2019s life that had attracted me: his joy, his openness, his closeness, his attention, his simplicity and his love for me. <\/em><em>I said to myself that I had to do as much for the people who are around me.&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I discovered in them devotion, humility and simplicity. I noticed that they liked very much the children and welcomed people whatever was their social status<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Prayer <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take, Lord, and receive<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">all my liberty,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">my memory,<br \/>\n<\/span>my understanding,<br \/>\nand my entire will,<\/p>\n<p>All I have and call my own.<br \/>\nYou have given all to me.<br \/>\nTo you, Lord, I return it.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is yours;<br \/>\ndo with it what you will.<br \/>\nGive me only your love and your grace,<br \/>\nthat is enough for me.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>To Become a Brother<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/to-become-a-brother\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/to-become-a-brother\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">To become a Brother<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/listening-to-the-call\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">Listening to the call<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/you-have-8-new-messages\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">You have 8 new messages<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/some-stages\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">Some stages<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/youth-formative-centres-and-houses-of-formation-for-brothers-in-the-world\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">Youth Formative Centres and Houses of Formation for Brothers in the world<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/10-questions\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">10 questions<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/contacts-avec-les-freres-et-des-communautes\/?lang=en&#038;lang=en\">Contacts with the Brothers and communities<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events and people who help to listen to the call God does not speak in a visible and audible way. 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