Suggested Books for Discerning Your Vocation
For Basic Discernment:
Discerning the Will of God: An Ignatian Guide to Christian Decision Making
Timothy M. Gallagher
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph
Ignatius of Loyola & Louis J. Puhl
What Does God Want? A Practical Guide to Making Decisions
Michael T.O.R. Scanlan & James Manney
How to Listen When God is Speaking: A Guide for Modern-Day Catholics
Fr. Mitch Pacwa
For Priesthood Discernment:
To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
Fr. Brett A. Brannen
The Priest Is Not His Own
Fulton Sheen
Many Are Called: Rediscovering the Glory of the Priesthood
Scott Hahn
Men of Brave Heart: The Virtue of Courage in the Priestly Life
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez
Gift and Mystery: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination
Saint Pope John Paul II.
Consecrated/Religious Life:
Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap.
…And You Are Christ’s: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
Thomas Dubay, S.M.
The Foundations of Religious Life
Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious.
On the Consecrated Life
Saint Pope John Paul II
For a Scriptural Based Discernment:
Sacred Scripture - Special focus on the Gospels
To Whom Shall We Go? Lessons from the Apostle Peter
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
For a Dense, Theology of Discernment:
The Christian State of Life
Hans Urs von Balthasar & Mary Frances. T McCarthy
Paths of Love: The Discernment of Vocation
Joseph Bolin
Authenticity: A Theology of Discernment
Thomas S.M. Dubay