What term describes a call from God to love and serve others, such as a priest, consecrated religious, or married person?

• A. Mission
• B. Vocation
• C. Calling
• D. Ministry

Answer: (B)

Vocation is the word for a call from God that shapes the way a person lives to love and serve others. It isn’t just a single task or job; it’s a lifelong path that can show up in different states of life—such as priesthood, religious life, or marriage—where someone chooses to live out God’s love in a particular way. A mission is more like a specific assignment you undertake, and ministry describes the work you do in service to others or in the church. A calling is a general sense of being invited by God, but vocation names the full life-path God invites you to follow. Because it captures both the lifelong commitment and the variety of how that commitment can be lived (priest, religious, married, etc.), vocation best fits this idea.