Understanding the Call of the Father

This is the second of five blogs intended to help you to DISCOVER and ACTUALISE the will of the Father for you. Press this link if you wish to start reading from the first blog.

The Call of ‘God the Father’ takes form as a “fount-like love” (Ad Gentes, n. 2), which flows continuously on each human person.

As a pilgrim towards his house (see, Lumen Gentium, n. 8, Tertio Millennio Adveniente, n. 49), the response to this Call is a quest to discover, through Christ, this unconditional flowing love at every moment of one’s life.

This loving Father, who created all things and through whose will they continue to exist (cf. Revelations 4:11), has a project for every person.

A project to choose life, because it belongs to him (1 Corinthians 3:22-23).

A project to choose the new covenant, because that which was hidden is now revealed (cf. Matthew 11.25; Luke 10:21; Colossians 1:26).

A project to be born again (cf. John 3:3-8).

The human response

The human response to the Father’s Call takes place, with

a life according to the words and deeds of Christ,
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and
in the Church.

In relation to the Father, the person is called to develop the identity as a child of God in the Child Jesus (cf. Ephesians 1:4-6).

As Jesus, in his awareness of God as a father, developed an attitude of a real son, the same ought to be the effort of the Christian. Acquired by baptism, this filial identity is developed by the following and imitation of Christ, his Son (cf. Romans 6:4).

Because everyone is unique, the Father calls everyone for a specific personal mission (cf., Evangelium vitae, n. 78-101).