Say something good about your priest today

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The priest at our parish sings well. The priests I work for are dynamic, they convert many souls and they are obedient to the Holy Father.
 
He gave a good homily and remembered to fully genuflect at the consecration.
 
My priest is wonderful—He is 32 years old & has been a priest for almost 7 years—He is dynamic, wonderful & a real pastor—He can communicate with the old & young alike—most people in my parish think he is the greatest but he is still criticized big time by the modernists & by the orthodox catholics. I think that he is one of the great priests & i have been going to daily mass for over 30 years.
 
We had a guest priest a while back and he said that 90% of the job of clergy and religious is showing up for all the commitments that they have. Our pastor is always there and has to be totally bed-ridden before he misses anything.

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We had a guest priest a while back and he said that 90% of the job of clergy and religious is showing up for all the commitments that they have. Our pastor is always there and has to be totally bed-ridden before he misses anything.

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We have a new priest to our parish …who is a breathe of fresh air…
hope he stays a while.
 
Our parish priest is a really good Confessor. He is very patient with us and offers really pertinent penances for our spiritual growth. He also sings really well, and on tune! And he is always there for us, he is very consistent. I am newer to this parish and he has helped me to feel very welcome and cared for. This means ever so much to me. May God bless him!
 
Our pastor usually writes a 500-word essay about himself in the sunday parish bulletin. I’m not kidding. His family, his vacations, and his priest reunion parties. But, today, he said some liturgy changes are coming, and he took the whole space to say that he will be explaining each one before it takes place. So, that’s a refreshing change of pace. It’s a good thing.
 
The parochial vicar of my new parish celebrates, and I mean *CELEBRATES *an absolutely beautiful, reverent Mass.
He loves the Eucharist.
He sings many of the parts of the Mass, especially the Consecration.
He offers homilies that give me something of substance for days.

And God bless him! he calls me by my first name with a frankness and genuineness that make me feel like a real part of the family already.

And he has a great sense of humor.

Oh, and he appreciates the lovely old traditional hymns – he quoted “Lead, Kindly Light” today during the homily.

(I hope you didn’t mean we should address only one good thing!)
 
:clapping: Thank you for taking a moment in your day to remember the good your priest’s do and have done. I am sure that if we all take a minute we could help build our priest’s and Bishop’s back up, when it is so very easy to rip them and their liturgical abuses into shreds. (I have been guilty of this and thought I would post this to try to help us all to remember they are human they all need our prayers and to hear something good they have done instead of all the negative.🙂 To rebuild we must begin one brick at a time.
 
I just love our Fr. Joe. A very good man, good homilies, a good sense of humor, hard worker and very dedicated but we recieved some bad news today at mass. He will be leaving us because of health problem. He really has been having a tough time for the last couple of years. He will be missed by all. I pray he will have a fast recovery. :gopray2:
 
Our priest is helping us in many ways:
  • Renewing the faiths of many of us cradle Catholics
  • Returning our parish to orthodoxy
  • Increasing love and reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist
  • Preaching against leaving Mass early, chewing gum in Church
  • Preaching against abortion, stem cell research and other life issues
  • Encouraging us to dress our best
  • Starting weekly Wednesday night classes to catechize – not just RCIA and those being confirmed, but all of us. Being part of RCIA, I have heard many people say that he was a big reason why they became Catholic.
  • Starting up our first parish festival
  • Building a Life Shrine on parish grounds as a tribute to those killed in 9/11 and for the unborn.
  • Using the parish council to advise, but not to dominate decision making.
  • Encouraging those who go through RCIA to register with the church.
  • Encouraging us to tithe – I never did before, but now I do.
  • Moving our Risen Christ crucifix to the back of church so that it still has a prominent position, but commissioning an artist to create a crucified Christ crucifix.
  • Great homilies.
  • Great sense of humor.
In short, he has re-energized many of us in our faith. I was a complacent, once-a-week, apologetic (in the bad sense of the word) Catholic. Now I am on fire. Many of the protestants in our parish have left for less challenging parishes, many have decided to stay and complain, but many more have had their faiths renewed and are living the Catholic faith every day, not just going through the motions of worship for an hour a week.
 
Our priest at Holy Redeemer Parish in Vancouver is Father Mitchell. He is great!

He gives great homilies, incorporating the readings and not afraid to say conservative things.

He also is cerebral with a sly sense of humor that I love, but I think some people might miss (but maybe not, I can’t read their minds).

He is obedient to the GIRM; whenever I hear or read about priestly or liturgical abuses, I am so grateful that they don’t happen in our parish!

So, God bless you Father Mitchell, and all the other Priests mentioned here who have blessed their parishoners.
 
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