Marriage or the priesthood? Pope Leo shares advice for discerning your vocation

Our president, Paulist Fr. René Constanza, meets Pope Leo at the Vatican in late November 2025 during a meeting of the Union of Superiors General.

In Pope Leo’s first message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, published by the Vatican on March 25, the pope shared his advice for how to discern your vocation, starting with the importance of creating space for interior silence to “hear what the Lord desires for our happiness.”

Pope Leo wrote that “a vocation entails an intimate dialogue with the One who calls and invites us to respond, despite the deafening noise of the world, with true joy and generosity.”

“Dear young people, listen to this voice!” he said. “Listen to the voice of the Lord who invites you to a full and fruitful life, calling you to put your talents to use and to unite your limitations and weaknesses with the glorious cross of Christ.”

Read the entire article from OSV News.