THERE ARE THREE professions which, historically, have been called vocations. People are “called” to medicine, to the bar, and to the priesthood. This probably reflects the fact that these were, historically, the three professions for which you trained at the ancient universities.
But it also spoke of a particular relationship between the professionals and those they serve and an obligation to minister, each in our particular callings, to those who present themselves to us.
And over the last few years two of those three professions have gone out
