Called to have a large family; also called to be a priest; also called to be President

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Jon_S said:
I think if that was the case then somehow you could go from being involved in local ministry to the presidency.

If you start with seeking to be president then you start on the wrong foot.

Perhaps you are involved in charity and catholic missions works and at some point become in charge of a national organization and then people start urging you to run for public office die to your prominence of doing God 's work.
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I see. Rather than you pursuing any particular office, the office finds you.
 
Um…this was a great thread to read through.

My two cents: maybe instead of focusing on the end, focus on just the next step. What are you going to do tomorrow? What are you going to do tonight? Pray for God to lead you where He wants you, and then TRUST that He will do that.

Sometimes we have strong desires and we don’t know why. Ever since I was a small child, my goal was to be a wife and mother. I had other goals too, but those two were what I thought I was made for. I am a wife, but not a mother. I don’t know if I’ll ever be a mother. I can’t say that my desire to be a mother was just my own desire, or if it was put there by God, or both. Maybe God gave me that desire, but won’t bless me with children. I don’t know God’s plan. All I can do is move forward and follow God.

I can’t see the whole staircase. Sometimes God lets me see the next step. 🙂
 
Jon_S said:
God will not call you to contradictory vocations.
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That is definitely true. The only solution is that, somehow, they are not contradictory.

What I do know is, I have a strong urge to marry soon (as I said, this is a non-negotiable, it cannot possibly be avoided) and a sense that any thought of priesthood would be “later” in life.

So, married life it is.😃
 
Rmac81 said:
Um…this was a great thread to read through.

My two cents: maybe instead of focusing on the end, focus on just the next step. What are you going to do tomorrow? What are you going to do tonight? Pray for God to lead you where He wants you, and then TRUST that He will do that.

Sometimes we have strong desires and we don’t know why. Ever since I was a small child, my goal was to be a wife and mother. I had other goals too, but those two were what I thought I was made for. I am a wife, but not a mother. I don’t know if I’ll ever be a mother. I can’t say that my desire to be a mother was just my own desire, or if it was put there by God, or both. Maybe God gave me that desire, but won’t bless me with children. I don’t know God’s plan. All I can do is move forward and follow God.

I can’t see the whole staircase. Sometimes God lets me see the next step. 🙂
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Thank you; great advice. So often we can’t see the end- only the step right in front of us.
 
you do know discerning the permanent diaconate with the belief of being a priest in the future is forbidden also 🤷
 
Really? So maybe best to drop the idea of religious life altogether.

One thing is for sure- I have definitely discerned that one of my vocations is married life. Has to be that way. It just does.

Maybe that should be the end of the story and I’m just confusing myself with these ideas of becoming a priest.
 
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