CONTENTS. I.[DEFINITION.—EVERY PERSON HAS SOME SPECIAL VOCATION] II.[ NECESSITY OF FOLLOWING A VOCATION] III.[ MATRIMONY—IS IT A VOCATION?] IV.[ MIXED MARRIAGES] V.[ VIRGINITY] VI.[ THE THREE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS] 1. [Poverty] 2. [Perpetual Chastity] 3. [Obedience] VII.[ THE RELIGIOUS STATE] VIII.[ MARKS OF A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE] IX.[ DOUBTS ABOUT A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE] X.[ ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO ENTER THE RELIGIOUS STATE] XI.[ MEANS OF PRESERVING A VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE.—SOME OBSTACLES] XII.[ CHILDREN AND THE RELIGIOUS STATE] XIII.[ DUTY OF PARENTS REGARDING THE RELIGIOUS VOCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN] XIV.[ VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD ] XV.[ DO VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD COME DIRECTLY FROM GOD ] XVI.[ FOSTERING VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD] XVII.[ PREVENTING VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD] XVIII.[ MEANS OF KNOWING OUR VOCATION ] 1. [Prayer] 2. [Freedom from Sin] 3. [Humility] 4. [Retreat] 5. [Counsel] [Prayer of St. Bernard]