Vocations is all about
the role of the commoner in Christianity. The first vocation is where Mary
Magdalene is told to go out and tell the people that Jesus has risen. This
might not seem like a major step, but keep in mind that women in those days a
woman’s testimony was rarely accepted in court. In the event where a witness
was required, a woman would not be admitted. Perhaps this is the start of the
Christian doctrine, in that it did not discriminate between men and women.
The next chapters deal with the ways in which we honor the
Lord in our everyday life, through obedience to Christ’s teaching and ethical
behavior. One of the best things about this book is its persuasiveness to young
people, through the use of contemporary illustration. Rather than showing the
idealized stereotypes, it uses stock photos of people in current fashions, so
that teenage readers will think they’re reading about themselves.
As with most books from St. Mary’s Press, I found Vocations to be a very enjoyable read.
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