Feeling Driven to Detachment and HARD

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I don’t know what to do… I’ve experienced too many extraordinary graces and my soul feels driven to make a break with the world because I don’t want anything to get in between me and satisfying God. I feel like it would be so much easier to serve Him as a friar or monk, but I still feel a conflicted desire to stay in the world - mainly for marriage and stupid pleasures like man-toys and fancy foods and music. But a part of me really does not want to do that, a part of me feels like I’ll be torn and miserable if I get married and have to remain so concerned with everyday matters, a part of me intuitively knows that those things are nothing compared to union with God. I feel apathetically on fire LOL.

Advice? Cold water? Slaps in the face? :rolleyes:

I mean, good grief! not even sex feels important anymore, and I’m a 22 year old guy!
 
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a part of me feels like I’ll be torn and miserable if I get married and have to remain so concerned with everyday matters
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Not wanting to deal with everyday matters is no reason to join the priesthood.
 
WoundedIcon said:
I don’t know what to do… I’ve experienced too many extraordinary graces and my soul feels driven to make a break with the world because I don’t want anything to get in between me and satisfying God. I feel like it would be so much easier to serve Him as a friar or monk, but I still feel a conflicted desire to stay in the world - mainly for marriage and stupid pleasures like man-toys and fancy foods and music. But a part of me really does not want to do that, a part of me feels like I’ll be torn and miserable if I get married and have to remain so concerned with everyday matters, a part of me intuitively knows that those things are nothing compared to union with God. I feel apathetically on fire LOL.

Advice? Cold water? Slaps in the face? :rolleyes:

I mean, good grief! not even sex feels important anymore, and I’m a 22 year old guy!
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Sometimes I share in that feeling of detachment. But you have to be careful: many young people feel alienated from the world. I don’t think that’s necessarily a good reason to join the priesthood.

Think about it, pray about it, and decide after a long period of reflection.
 
Pray on it. Dont enter the priesthood for silly or fake reasons. Even Padre Pio had the same desernment problem as you, he felt drawn to the world. Ask the Lord to enlighten you as to what your vocation in life is.

That said, the Orthodox Church could use some good quality young men to serve as priests:)😉
 
I don’t blame you for wanting to get away! Pray and think about your voccation. Maybe talk to your local priest; ask what it’s like and what qualities/dedication/education you need.

Godspeed,
Teenage Philosopher
 
Hi,
Snap decisions are rarely good ones. Go to Mass every day and ask for guidance for a
while.
 
Why would he be a priest in the Orthodox Church when he is Catholic?
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Pray on it. Dont enter the priesthood for silly or fake reasons. Even Padre Pio had the same desernment problem as you, he felt drawn to the world. Ask the Lord to enlighten you as to what your vocation in life is.

That said, the Orthodox Church could use some good quality young men to serve as priests:)😉
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AnthonyJ said:
Why would he be a priest in the Orthodox Church when he is Catholic?
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An understandable mistake. I had my religion set as “Orthodox in Communion With Rome” because I was trying out the Byzantine Catholic path for a while.
 
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