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In 1 Samuel 3, verses 1 and following, we read of the call of Samuel while he was under the supervision of Eli the priest. Again and again, Samuel thought that the elderly Eli was calling to him in the night only to discover that it was God himself doing the calling. With Eli’s help, Samuel heard the call of the Lord and responded as he had been counseled, "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening." These words have echoed throughout the ages as human beings have heard the call of the Lord in their lives. It is an amazing phenomenon that Almighty God, completely transcendent and all-powerful, enters into a personal relationship with each of us and calls each of us by name. That is to say that God has a plan for each and every one of us. We are not simply a number or a faceless being here one day and gone the next. Rather, each of us is a unique and unrepeatable life that God loves into existence and for which God has a unique purpose. It is this vocation that is our personal road to holiness, a road that leads to eternal life.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — En 1 Samuel 3, versículo 1, y en los siguientes versículos, leemos sobre el llamado de Samuel mientras estaba bajo la supervisión de Elí el sacerdote. Una y otra vez, Samuel pensaba que Elí lo lla-maba en las noches solo para descubrir que era Dios mismo el que lo llamaba. Con la ayuda de Eli, Samuel escuchó el llamado del Señor y le respondió conforme a lo que se le había aconsejado, "Habla, Señor, que tu siervo escucha". Estas palabras se han repetido a través de los tiempos conforme los humanos han escuchado en sus vidas el llamado del Señor. Es un fenómeno verdaderamente sorprendente que el Dios Misericordioso, completamente trascendente y Todopoderoso, entre en una relación personal con cada uno de nosotros y nos llame por nuestro nombre. Eso quiere decir que Dios tiene un plan para cada uno de nosotros. No somos sólo un número o un ser sin rostro que hoy estamos y mañana ya no. Es así como cada uno de nosotros es único y tiene una vida irrepetible que Dios ama en su existencia y para la que Dios tiene un propósito único. Es esta vocación la que es el camino personal hacia lo sagrado, el camino que nos lleva a la vida eterna.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The Southwest Liturgical Conference, which will be at the Salt Palace Feb. 2-5, will offer numerous workshops for music ministers and others interested in learning how the changes to the Roman Missal will impact liturgical music.
>>>As a catechist, I have encountered some very interesting questions from students. As I prepared to write this article, I remembered a young girl from my first grade CCD class in Quincy, Ill., who was intrigued by everything. Each Monday evening, she came to class with a new question about some ritual or action the priest did at Mass on Sunday. Out of all the first-graders I have taught, she was the most perceptive. I can recall one evening, before class began, when she urgently waved her hand in the air with a question. She said, "Mr. Tim, I saw the priest put a host in the cup, why did he do that?" I chuckled because even the slightest action, which many miss, could not escape her keen eye.
>>>SALT LAKE CITY — The call to become a priest or to enter the religious life is one that young people have everywhere in the world. One who has responded is Alejandro Camberos, who, with Omar Palafox, came from Mexico to Utah following the path to priesthood.
>>>MAYFIELD — "The family, which is founded and given life by love, is a community of persons: of husband and wife, of parents and children, of relatives," said Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation on the Family in 1981.
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