If Christopher really existed, he purportedy had a job carrying travelers across a stream or river.
Roman Catholic Answerfrom Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices by Ann Ball, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. C 2003St. Christopher An early Christian martyr (died third century, feast day July 25).
When St. Christopher was inscribed in the Roman Calendar about 1550, his feast is relegated to particular calendars because of the legendary nature of accounts of his life. One popular account appears in the thirteenth-century Golden Legend of Blessed James of Voragine ©. 1230-1298). It tells of a heathen king who, through the prayers of his wife to the Blessed Virgin, had a son whom he named Offerus. This young man grew to great size and strength. The boy decided to serve only the strongest lord in the world, and began in the service of an emperor. Discovering that the emperor was frightened of the devil, Offerus then served the devil for a while until he saw how the devil trembled at the sight of a crucifix. And so the young giant determined to serve Christ; asking advice form a hermit, he was instructed to make a home by a deep and treacherous river and carry Christian pilgrims across.
One night a little boy asked to be carried, so Offerus placed the child on his shoulders and entered the churning water. As they forded the river, the child became heavier and heavier until Offerus thought he would fail. When he reached the other side, he asked with surprise why the child was so heavy. The child replied that he had carried not only the whole world but him who made it. The child identified himself as Christ, then took Offerus into the water and baptized him, giving him the name Christopher, meaning "Christ-bearer.) He instructed the saint to place his staff into the ground where it immediately burst forth into leaves and blossoms. The Christ Child then disappeared. Christopher later joyfully suffered persecution and death for his beloved Lord.
The legends inspired many devotions. St. Christopher was venerated as a patron against sudden and unexpected death, especially during the times of epidemics and plagues. The faithful believed that by praying before his picture in the morning, no harm would come to them that day. The custom began of hanging his picture over the door of the house, or painting it on the walls outside so that others could also venerate the saint. The saint is the patron of ferryboats, pilgrims, travelers, gardeners, and freight ships. He is also know as a patron of skiing.
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Saint Christopher's feast day is July 25th.
Faith was still a young girl when she was martyred. She did not yet have a vocation.
to be closer to God and help others by becoming a nun!
a vocation is a call to a way of life
Therese of Lisieux was a Carmelite nun.
Monica was a housewife and mother of St. Augustine.
He discovered the Americas.
The Christophers was created in 1945.
Living life to the full is a call from God. Which is the same as Vocation is intended. God has given you a particular vocation, he wants you to live the full out of it in your own life. He wants you to perform the vocations through your whole life, not a single short stage.
Harry Christophers was born in 1953.
A vocation is what one is called to do with one's life. The Blessed Virgin received her vocation directly from God through the Archangel when he asked her if she would give birth to God. So her vocation was to be the Mother of God.
I'm unsure as to how this specifically might relate to a religious question, but "vocation" is basically another word for "career" or "job." So, anyone who has ever had a job could be said to have had a "vocation." In the Catholic church "vocation" also refers to those who take a religious life - monks and nuns. Such a life is said to be their calling.