Among all the biblical figures who illustrate the mystery of vocation, we should contemplate in a particular way the figure of Mary. This young woman, with her “yes”, made the Incarnation possible, thereby creating the conditions for every other ecclesial vocation. She remains the first disciple of Jesus and the model of all discipleship. In her pilgrimage of faith, Mary followed her Son to the foot of the Cross and after the Resurrection she accompanied the nascent Church to Pentecost. As mother and merciful teacher she continues to accompany the Church and to implore the Spirit who gives life to every vocation. Clearly, then, the “Marian principle” has an eminent role and illuminates the whole life of the Church in its various manifestations.Alongside the Virgin, the figure of Joseph her spouse constitutes another exemplary model of vocational response. Vocation and vocations
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