“When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves”

Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses rather than to teachers and if he does listen to teachers it is because they are witnesses. - Pope Paul VI

Scripture text: (PS 98:1, 2-3AB, 3CD-4)
R. (3cd) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God

What do you want to be when you grow up? A lawyer? A farmer? A teacher? An actor? A doctor? What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist? An engineer? A musician? An investment counselor? An accountant? What do you want to do when you grow up? An astronaut? A politician? An artist? A writer? You have heard these questions since you were a child! No doubt, you have been counseled, directed and pressured to choose one. You have been told that certain professions should be considered because they pay well and warned that others should be avoided because they don’t. In making your choice, you are, no doubt, under the gun to please parents, counselors, teachers and peers.

“What do you want to do when you grow up?” I believe that this is the wrong question. The only question that really counts is the question: “What does God want you to do?”

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you.” (Jer 1:5)

Everybody has a vocation, a call from God, to do something for him, to help him carry out his work in the world. A call is not so much about what we want to do, but what God wants us to do. The famous Albert Schweitzer put it this way: “The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” The famous Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. put it this way: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”

Your job is to hear your call and dare to be all that you can be.