How to distinguish a vocation to religious life?

How to distinguish a vocation to religious life?

Whatever be the way the young person approaches us, it will be necessary to check with her and through her story, the profile of a genuine vocation. The used criteria should correspond to a number of rational benchmarks as well affective benchmarks.

In order to discern a religious vocation, one should proceed by brushing away physical, emotional, intellectual, moral or more specifically spiritual obstacles … that may keep away a possible real vocation. Positively, if the young person is moved by a divine calling, this shall emotionally result in feelings that allow her to blossom and disclose herself more. Joy, peace, trust and docility that she shows are decisive proofs of a real vocation. These are the first signs of a real calling of God.

“All done, you should say: we are useless servants” Lk17,10.