LAW AND Sm of serving God, opening for every type of character to proceed to its fullest development. If he is to be a layman, in which of the various ways of life open to him will he best serve God’s pmpose for him? To take one crucial question — shall he marry or not? Marriage, God teaches, is a high and holy state: normally men and women are called to it, for it is the race’s duty to carry itself on. But though it is the race’s duty, it is not the duty of every individual. Celibacy, chosen for God’s sake (not mere celibacy, be it noted, but a celibacy definitely dedicated to God) is a higher and holier state still. It is part of the rule of life for priests. But, exceptionally, it may be God’s will for a particular man or woman living in the world. Now there is no organ in the Church for the expression of this yocation, no official to whom one may go for an official answer. It is the most intimate of matters between God and each soul. Nor is there any one way in which God guides all souls. In some cases, circumstances arise when the sense of vocation seems to point one way and circumstances another. In all such matters, there is possibility of self-deception, and the individual prays for clear guidance and takes the advice of experienced men. In every case, of course, the individual vocation must be completely in accord with God’s law for all men, and the existence of this general moral law is a strong aid to the clear perception of God’s will for the individual. 99