Serving CHRIST as a Priest

[mymamamary]

Hey everyone.

I want to serve CHRIST as my lover. HE is my life and i want to make HIM such!!, i am listening to Veni Creator SPIRITUS, and i look at a picture of Matthew 25 displayed on google. It shows Our LORD in the various situations HE described, hungry, sick, homeless, imprisoned etc. I started to cry, as i realise that up in my 16 years of my life, i havent been able to do any of these works. I see my sinfulness too and regret fills me, at how much i’ve offended JESUS CHRIST. :imsorry::bighanky: . I have a soft spot for the lowest of the low in society e.g, especially the Homeless. I want to bring CHRIST into their lives. I want them to know that they ARE SOMEBODY, THAT THEY ARE LOVED! JESUS tests us, and HE tests me, will i help HIM or ditch HIM. Yes, LORD, YOU have my answer, i will serve YOU!!. I want to join an order that is traditional (latin wise), contemplative, yet mixed with work like i mentioned above. I want to bring CHRIST to the prostitute and tell her, YOU ARE LOVED!!! JESUS LOVES YOU!!! I want to bring the LOVE of CHRIST into the world. This world is sick, depraved, empty and needs help, like i do, and i want to provide that. I want to celebrate HOLY MASS and hear Confessions, all through the Grace of GOD, for the Glory of GOD!!! I want help the ONE TRUE SHEPHERD, i want it LORD, so dont hold me back. I have wanted this for a long time and ask you dear forum readers to help!! any suggestions?? I also ask your prayers and feedback dear readers!!

 

[MidnightSun12]

God bless you. My prayers will be with you in your vocation! It sounds to me like you have some strong signs of being able to make a great priest one day and I pray that God gives you the graces you need to succeed in whatever His plan is for you!

As a friend in Christ, my advice to you is that if the priesthood does turn out to be your vocation, I ask that you please please PLEASE don’t let yourself fall into the trap of luke-warmness and moral relativism that is infecting the church today. As a frequent church-goer I am yet to hear a single priest preach on the evils of contraception in spite of the fact that 94% of Catholics admit to actively using artificial birth control. Any priest that doesn’t take a very vocal stand on an issue like this is going to have to answer for their inaction on judgment day since they are responsible for the salvation of each and every soul in their flock…

I believe that being a good priest in today’s society is no doubt at least as difficult as it is to be a good lay-person in today’s society. But that makes the need for good priests so much greater… I pray that if this is your calling, that you continue to burn with love for our Lord and accept the marginalization and persecution that will inevitably come from being faithful to Christ!

 

[animalis]

Let God transform your world within you! But becareful of self-absorption. Thus, seek a director that you can trust in which to give your will over. Keep begging. It seems like you do. But expect to do so all your life. Let contradictions come to you. “Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer.” (Rom 12:12)

A good reminder for us both