Vocational discernment often starts with a seed of doubt or a search for a greater truth. That was certainly the case for Br. Xavier Gutierrez at 16 years old, he started his own discernment process. <\/p>\n
He felt like something was missing in his life. In the quiet moments, he couldn't help but wonder what his greater purpose was. <\/p>\n
BR. XAVIER GUTIERREZ<\/strong> The journey that followed was not a straightforward one. With the Legionaries of Christ, it is typical for a young person discerning to attend one vocational retreat and then a longer Candidacy program. Instead, Xavier felt he needed to do a lot more to be sure. <\/p>\n BR. XAVIER GUTIERREZ <\/strong> Now, it has been12 years and he is a seminarian with the Legionaries of Christ. Xavier is currently studying in their International University in Rome. With others studying there, he hosts a YouTube channel called \u201cHablando en Cristiano\u201d to spread Catholic teachings to young people. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 8th, 2019. Unlike most who attend one or two vocational retreats, Br. Xavier attended eight in two years before deciding his vocation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vYieQyaRQcA","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bhermanoxaviereng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bhermanoxavierint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cI went to the retreat and I don't know what happened. There, for the first time in a long time, I felt that I wasn't lacking anything. I slept in peace, feeling calm. From that moment on, I said I have to find out what's happening there. What do these happy people have? What have they found that I haven't found?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n
\n'I didn't do just one retreat, I went through eight retreats before deciding. So, yes, I had thought it through quite well. I think I didn't want to let go of that life I had before. That is, until I got to a point where I said I'm being stupid. I realized I'm out there with everything I think I have and I feel that something is missing. But, then when I'm here I feel fuller and fuller. So I thought maybe this really is for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n