As the reverse side of a “lost” vocation, or of a negative response to one of those constant calls of grace, we have to see God’s will allowing it to happen. —True, but if we are sincere, we know well enough that this does not mean the excuse or mitigation of whatever happened. Because, looking at the obverse side, we can see a personal failure to fulfil the divine Will, which has sought us for himself and found no response.