Funny incidents while discerning a vocation

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Well, I don’t know if these are funny so much.

As a young adult my best friend always called me Saint Nicky. He wasn’t the only one, people would spontaneously refer to me as such, most of the time lovingly, sometimes teasingly but it always fit (in comparison to the crowd I hung out with I WAS a saint! Haha!).

Recently I’ve really been trying to figure out where I’m supposed to go. I found my home and now I’m eager to get on the right path. Anyway, when I first started seeking guidance from our Lord on this issue, a coworker randomly said to me; “You’re going to be a nun, right?” I hadn’t mentioned anything to her about discerning, and in fact everyone at work knows me as the ‘flirt’. So it was really out of the blue and strange. It made me laugh too because where on earth did that come from?!

The last time I saw this co worker she AGAIN asked me about it. I haven’t answered her either way because I don’t know but it’s certainly stuck in HER head.

Yeah, not so funny but those are my stories!
 
nickybr38 said:
Well, I don’t know if these are funny so much.

As a young adult my best friend always called me Saint Nicky. He wasn’t the only one, people would spontaneously refer to me as such, most of the time lovingly, sometimes teasingly but it always fit (in comparison to the crowd I hung out with I WAS a saint! Haha!).

Recently I’ve really been trying to figure out where I’m supposed to go. I found my home and now I’m eager to get on the right path. Anyway, when I first started seeking guidance from our Lord on this issue, a coworker randomly said to me; “You’re going to be a nun, right?” I hadn’t mentioned anything to her about discerning, and in fact everyone at work knows me as the ‘flirt’. So it was really out of the blue and strange. It made me laugh too because where on earth did that come from?!

The last time I saw this co worker she AGAIN asked me about it. I haven’t answered her either way because I don’t know but it’s certainly stuck in HER head.

Yeah, not so funny but those are my stories!
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God’s persistent! 😃
 
the day after i started to think hey preisthood may be for me, i went to mass with the bishop (i do multiple times a month) and i went to talk to him after mass like I usually do and he said have you ever thought about being a priest or religious.

🙂

There were also incidents where I would see cars like the car of my associate pastor at my youth group.

Another funny one not to long ago, I went to mass in the morning like i did every week, and a guy who i didn’t know never met, said hey have you thought about being a priest, and I was like actually yes :).

I’m actually applying to enter seminary next semester. I think God made this call clear to me. 😃
 
I noticed that God kind of doesn’t like to be subtle with me. He’s pretty obvious in what he wants me to know. Kind of like the time that I was serving for a Mass with the bishop, and he said, “This parish hasn’t had any vocations in a long time.” I was standing there with my head down, and the priest next to me pulled me and started screaming, “THIS ONE! THIS ONE!” Haha. 😃
 
CatholicZ09 said:
I noticed that God kind of doesn’t like to be subtle with me. He’s pretty obvious in what he wants me to know. Kind of like the time that I was serving for a Mass with the bishop, and he said, “This parish hasn’t had any vocations in a long time.” I was standing there with my head down, and the priest next to me pulled me and started screaming, “THIS ONE! THIS ONE!” Haha. 😃
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That’s brilliant! HAHA.
 
nickybr38 said:
That’s brilliant! HAHA.
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It was scary because I never even told this priest before. How’d he know? I just attributed it to God saying, “If I need to keep sending signs, I’m seriously gonna come down there and beat you, but then again, you’d probably still not believe it.” 😃
 
Well I made a thread a couple of months ago depicting how I was interested in the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest even though I had already been accepted to the Old College undergraduate seminary operated by the Congregation of Holy Cross 😉

So I visit St. Margaret Mary’s Church (where an ICRSS priest resides) and after Mass, I get interviewed by Canon Moreau of ICRSS. As we walk into his office, I look to the wall and see a familiar image. It was a framed portrait of Blessed Basil Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross! 😃 I quickly said to Canon Moreau, “Hey, isn’t that Blessed Basil Moreau?” And he replied, “Yes it is” and gave me a sneaky smile, “We share the same last name.” The canon made it seem as though he was related to the CSC founder! Looking back, it was as if Blessed Basil Moreau wasn’t too happy that I was checking out another group of priests and brothers…

After that visit, I started praying about my vocation. While I was reading a book on our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, I tried searching for a bookmark. All of a sudden, I find a bookmark that was sent to me by the Congregation of Holy Cross and I felt reassured haha. Needless to say I accepted my admission to Old College and I am now looking forward to being a CSC seminarian 👍
 
These are all fabulous!

For myself, I have felt called to religious life since I was 12. Now as a recent convert to the faith, the feeling, desire, the call has just amplified.
Anyways, I only told my family about my possible vocation several months into RCIA. They still aren’t pleased, and bring up snide comments occasionally.

Anyways, just yesterday, my mother was berating me about religious life while in the car. I tried to bare it, and asked God to give me strength. When we got home, I went on the computer, and to read about some articles on religious life.

The page with all the articles came up. Listed very nicely. I was about ready to scroll through them when the page changed. I hadn’t clicked anything. The article that mysteriously came up?
“How to tell your parents about your vocation.”

In Christ through Mary,
Nevermore
 
Okay, so I have to lector tomorrow morning at Mass, and my reading tomorrow is the second reading. So, I looked over the reading, and what do you know…the final paragraph is the liturgical greeting!
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
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So, as if that wasn’t enough of a sign, I looked over the Prayers of the Faithful since the second reader does them (at least in my parish).

What’s the first intention?
For vocations to all the ministries of the church —
priesthood, religious life, lay and diaconal ministry —
we pray to the Lord:
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:D:D
 
CatholicZ09 said:
Okay, so I have to lector tomorrow morning at Mass, and my reading tomorrow is the second reading. So, I looked over the reading, and what do you know…the final paragraph is the liturgical greeting!

So, as if that wasn’t enough of a sign, I looked over the Prayers of the Faithful since the second reader does them (at least in my parish).

What’s the first intention?

:D:D
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I was searching for something by the Jesuits in my country (Ignation Retreats if I remember right), the first thing I found on google (this was last night) “Why Not Priest?”, I’m starting to think the Lord has forgotten Canon Law ¬¬ lol
 
An awesome incident that happened yesterday-- I was leaving VBS and going to make a 2nd appointment with my Fr. on the topic of vocation, and after I came out, someone had conveniently put a massive vocation discernment poster for an event that’s going to take place at Holy Trinity Seminary here in Fort Worth. Needless to say, I’m going hahaha!
Even more so, my father, who has been a devout Catholic since his conversion before he married my mother (who also conveniently converted before she met him), and I were talking about Catholic apologetics after I had booked an appointment. I explained to him, without having to pull out a reference and in a detailed manner, why we believe that good works can merit through Christ. He was astounded and it made me feel special, because he’s been Catholic for longer than I’ve been alive!
 
I watched a TV Mass this morning and caught myself trying to think up of a homily during the priest’s homily. I was like, “How can I thoroughly explain the Holy Trinity in simple terms?” Then today at Mass I was thinking about what I would say for a homily.

😃
 
CatholicZ09 said:
I watched a TV Mass this morning and caught myself trying to think up of a homily during the priest’s homily. I was like, “How can I thoroughly explain the Holy Trinity in simple terms?” Then today at Mass I was thinking about what I would say for a homily.

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I do this as well 🙂

also my public speech teacher telling me that I have good natural speaking skills helped my discernment as well.

also another thing I guess kinda funny but a good story to tell, I remember when I first told alot of people they are like oh I thought you may have that calling or, I can see that.

Also all the time I assume I told someone I was thinking about being a priest and but I didn’t, kinda gives me a little chuckle when it happens.
 
catholictiger said:
I do this as well 🙂

also my public speech teacher telling me that I have good natural speaking skills helped my discernment as well.

also another thing I guess kinda funny but a good story to tell, I remember when I first told alot of people they are like oh I thought you may have that calling or, I can see that.

Also all the time I assume I told someone I was thinking about being a priest and but I didn’t, kinda gives me a little chuckle when it happens.
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It was kind of funny whilst talking to my vocations director because he was my old parochial vicar. He was like, “Ya, it’s pretty obvious that this is what God wants you to do. I can sense it and pretty much everyone else in the parish community can as well.” I find that lectoring at Mass helps as well because I’ll be doing a lot of that come seminary and the years thereafter.

I was telling some people today, and they didn’t look at all surprised. I kind of got the feeling that they were thinking, “So, you’re finally realizing something that I’ve known since you were two?”
 
My dental hygienist saw me wearing a cross and skirt and thought I was a Sister! 😃

I’ve had some people say I should be a Sister and some recommended some Orders! 🙂

Lots of little indications…
 
JoyfulLife said:
My dental hygenist saw me wearing a cross and skirt and thought I was a Sister! 😃

I’ve had some people say I should be a Sister and some recommend some Orders! 🙂

Lots of little indications…
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😃

I think that God can be subtle and others times he just comes out with it. I guess that it depends on his mood that day. 😉
 
God is so jealous and loving! I have found that the two or so times that I got serious talking about marriage with some people, soon after I catch a Nun being interviewed on EWTN, or a Nun movie comes on, or someone messages me about an Order, etc. It was RIGHT THEN, and so obvious. I feel He is trying to keep my focus on Him and Religious Life. 🙂
 
JoyfulLife said:
God is so jealous and loving! I have found that the two or so times that I got serious talking about marriage with some people, soon after I catch a Nun being interviewed on EWTN, or a Nun movie comes on, or someone messages me about an Order, etc. It was RIGHT THEN, and so obvious. I feel He is trying to keep my focus on Him and Religious Life. 🙂
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Same here. While I think that I can be happy with a wife and children, I would never be as happy if I wasn’t a priest. Your story reminds me of mine. When I can drift off thinking about marriage, I feel like something is missing. 🤷
 
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