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David123
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I would just like the thoughts, perhaps of a priest, about this question. After about three years of study, I will be entering the Catholic Church at Easter 2006. When I was still Baptist, I felt that God was calling me to ministry and I had every intention of becoming a minister. When I first thought about the Catholic Church about three years ago, the thought also entered my mind about what would happen to my call to ministry. At that time, the thought came to me that if I ever ended up Catholic, could I ever become a priest? Anyway, three years have passed and I know with absolute certainty that my home is in the Catholic Church. In addition to that, the thought of priesthood has never left my mind and in fact, as I grew closer to Catholicism, the idea of the priesthood grew stronger.
The question I have is, is it crazy of me to want to be a priest before I even become Catholic? When Catholics that I know ask me what I want to become, sometimes I feel a little ridiculous telling them that I think I’d love to be a priest. I admire priests, their work has been attractive to me for a long time, I think celebacy is a wonderful (and biblical!) gift which I have no problem embracing. Sometimes people give me the reaction that “I’m just an eager convert” and this will all pass by next week and that I should worry about my actual conversion and not my vocation. Well, my conversion has already happened and I’m just waiting for Easter to make it “official.” I can’t help thinking often about my future. I am being crazy? Is it okay to want to become a Catholic priest before I am even “officially” Catholic?
Thanks so much for you help,
David
PS - I am only in my second year of university and do you think that it’s possible that God has called me to the Catholic Church at this age for this purpose?
The question I have is, is it crazy of me to want to be a priest before I even become Catholic? When Catholics that I know ask me what I want to become, sometimes I feel a little ridiculous telling them that I think I’d love to be a priest. I admire priests, their work has been attractive to me for a long time, I think celebacy is a wonderful (and biblical!) gift which I have no problem embracing. Sometimes people give me the reaction that “I’m just an eager convert” and this will all pass by next week and that I should worry about my actual conversion and not my vocation. Well, my conversion has already happened and I’m just waiting for Easter to make it “official.” I can’t help thinking often about my future. I am being crazy? Is it okay to want to become a Catholic priest before I am even “officially” Catholic?
Thanks so much for you help,
David
PS - I am only in my second year of university and do you think that it’s possible that God has called me to the Catholic Church at this age for this purpose?