Again, mistaken for a Priest

[ljubim]

I don’t mean to be pressuring you, I just want to comment that I know a man who became a priest in his 70s/80s. He’s ancient! And btw also has kids and grandkids. (his wife died)

Your story is pretty funny so is the one about people thinking the woman was homeschooled because of her skirts:thumbsup:

 

[nunsense]

WHO TOLD YOU, YOU WERE TOO OLD? You’re just the right age.
GOd used Moses and all those men from the old testament and they were like ancient about 100 yrs, 500 yrs old and other ages I can’t remember look it up in your bible.

If I were you, you should ask your pastor and priests and the other lay ministers this instant.(The church always needs stable , mellow, older wiser men) if you have thoughts of serving the church as a minister, YOu need to follow God and go to a discernment retreat and start studying to become a deacon this year!.
Either way,
whether you become one or not, you will be stronger in your faith. besides deacons can marry (only once after they are a deacon) and priests cannot! YOu have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Want me to pray for you? God, what do you want this man to do?
God said HE WANTS YOU! Better say Yes to God! It’s for your own good!
“He calling you out of darknees, into his own wonderful light.”

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong here, but I am pretty sure that Deacons CANNOT marry after they become Deacons, only before they become Deacons, and then only with the full participation of their spouse. And if their wife dies, they cannot remarry. Someone can google this for the facts because I don’t have time right now, but it wouldn’t be good to become a Deacon thinking that you can get married afterwards if it isn’t true!

 

[mystified]

Yep! I was wearing a blue pinstripe suit, white shirt and conservative tie (black cowboy boots, too) at the graveside of a friend when someone asked if I were the priest. I pointed to the much younger man in cassock, surplice and stole.
A friend of mine is a permanent deacon. He is well-known in the parish and community, but is still often addressed as “Father”. He now shrugs it off, pointing out that in some of the Eastern Churches the address is “Father Deacon”, and he IS a father, and grandfather, too.

 

[BVM_1221]

I don’t mean to be pressuring you, I just want to comment that I know a man who became a priest in his 70s/80s. He’s ancient! And btw also has kids and grandkids. (his wife died)

Your story is pretty funny so is the one about people thinking the woman was homeschooled because of her skirts:thumbsup:

So how did he become a Priest at age 70? Did he have to physically attend a seminary, or was he able to take correspondance courses via Internet and USPS? Did he receive any financial help? Was he expected to adhere to a strict schedule of classes, no matter what real life might throw at him?

 

[ljubim]

So how did he become a Priest at age 70? Did he have to physically attend a seminary, or was he able to take correspondance courses via Internet and USPS? Did he receive any financial help? Was he expected to adhere to a strict schedule of classes, no matter what real life might throw at him?

I’m sorry, I don’t really know. I can’t imagine him on the computer… he’s literally so weak sometimes that he wobbles with a cane, and can barely raise the chalice with the Precious Blood. But God knows what’s best for us:heaven:

Btw he doesn’t have a designated parish, he’s more of a fill-in or con-celebrating priest, who tends to stick around his home parish. He’s the kind of guy who’s lived the life, you know? If I was a man then rather than be thinking about colleges I’d be off to seminary. I always wonder why more men don’t become priests, what an incredible thing they can do for Our Lord!

I will definitely ask tomorrow, because this seems important to you. I’ll even send a friendship request since my memory isn’t the greatest sometimes and you seem very nice too