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Following is a list of suggested readings for persons in the process of vocation discernment:

Genesis 12:1-9 (The call of Abram.) Pray for the gift of alertness to respond.
Exodus 3:1-15 (The call of Moses.) Pray for a sense of purpose and mission.
Judges 6:11-24 (The call of Gideon.) Pray for the grace to trust in God's Word and in the power of His strength.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 (The call of Samuel.) Pray for the gift of listening to God's voice.
1 Samuel 16:1-13 (The call of David.) Pray for the gift of seeing beyond appearances to the heart.
Isaiah 6:1-8 (The call of Isaiah.) Pray for a sense of God's holiness and power.
Jeremiah 1:4-10 (The call of Jeremiah.) Pray for a sense of God's unique plan for each person.
Jonah 1:1-4:11 (The call of Jonah.) Pray for the gift of courage not to flee from God's call.
Luke 1:26-38 (The call of Mary.) Pray for the grace of humility in accepting God's Will.
Matthew 3:13-17 (The Baptism of Jesus.) Pray for a sense of joining in the mission of Jesus through our own baptism.
Luke 5:1-11 (The call of the first four Disciples.) Pray for a sense of excitement at the task of spreading the Gospel.
Mark 2:13-17 (The call of Levi.) Pray for the gift to be able to accept one's weaknesses and the continual need for repentance.
Luke 6:12-16 (The choosing of the twelve Apostles.) Pray for wisdom in discerning God's Will.
Luke 10:1-12,16-20 (The mission of the Seventy.) Pray the Lord of the harvest to send us into His harvest.
Mark 10:17-31 (The rich young man.) Pray for detachment from all that keeps us from Jesus.
Luke 19:1-10 (The conversion of Zacchaeus.) Pray for the grace to respond generously to God's call.