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I was talking this weekend with a friend of mine who is in his second year of philosophy in the seminary this year. We were discussing discernment and he said:
“I certainly feel called to the priesthood but I don’t know at this point whether I will become a priest. I’m still discerning and through the seminary the Church is also discerning my vocation. When I go home people ask, “So, when will you be ordained?” Most people don’t understand that the seminary is a place for discernment. That being said, I have a profound peace and joy being in the seminary. I am happier than I have ever been before in my life. I am grateful for the spiritual and intellectual formation I am receiving in the seminary. Though I don’t know whether or not one day down the road I will be ordained a priest, I am confident that God wants me to be in the seminary right now and that’s all that matters.”
May God send us many more seminarians like this! I think it’s important that we remember that entering the seminary doesn’t mean that you’ll be ordained a priest. Keep this in mind when you’re talking to seminarians. They are in discernment.
I pray that many more young men who sense that God may be calling them to the priesthood, would seek to enter a seminary so that they would have the support and formation necessary to clearly discern this potential vocation.
“I certainly feel called to the priesthood but I don’t know at this point whether I will become a priest. I’m still discerning and through the seminary the Church is also discerning my vocation. When I go home people ask, “So, when will you be ordained?” Most people don’t understand that the seminary is a place for discernment. That being said, I have a profound peace and joy being in the seminary. I am happier than I have ever been before in my life. I am grateful for the spiritual and intellectual formation I am receiving in the seminary. Though I don’t know whether or not one day down the road I will be ordained a priest, I am confident that God wants me to be in the seminary right now and that’s all that matters.”
May God send us many more seminarians like this! I think it’s important that we remember that entering the seminary doesn’t mean that you’ll be ordained a priest. Keep this in mind when you’re talking to seminarians. They are in discernment.
I pray that many more young men who sense that God may be calling them to the priesthood, would seek to enter a seminary so that they would have the support and formation necessary to clearly discern this potential vocation.