This wonderful description of vocation comes from the Apology to the Augsburg Confession (1537) and was shared by Pr. Will Weedon on his blog, and I thought it fit to share here. Vocation is always a holy calling, but it doesn’t belong only to pastors, deacons, and other church workers.
“If we follow this, monasticism will be no more a state of perfection than the life of a farmer or mechanic. For these are also states in which to acquire perfection. For all men, in every vocation, ought to seek perfection, that is, to grow in the fear of God, in faith, in love towards one’s neighbor, and similar spiritual virtues.”
Apology to the Augsburg Confession, Art. XXVII:37
Joel Stoppenhagen 