The Holy Spirit is urging me to proclaim Jesus

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I moved out to Los Angeles 6 months ago to pursue a filmmaking career… i see the way the world is ran out here, i see the greed and lust and fleshly world and it makes me sad, and the idea of making money in this kind of industry saddens me, i feel like i would sell out… the Holy Spirit has been tugging at me more “Go to mass” “Go to confession” “Lead my people”

Its crazy. I am a sinner like no other, i go to strip clubs, i use vulgar language, i look at porn, i lie to my parents sometimes still even as an adult, but the Holy Spirit is telling me that through Jesus and his light and truth i can be reborn into a righteous person.

I have been looking into the priest hood… jesus saying “do not be afraid” comes to mind… but i am afraid, i was diagnosed as bi polar 3 years ago (personally i think it is a wrong diagnosis) but i am afraid. the church wouldn’t accept me based on what some psychiatrist says and not hear my story. Does anyone know about this, if a man is grounded and healthy and diagnosed as bi polar but stable can he serve as a priest?
 
The important thing is first making sure that your desire to live Christ is authentic and, if you’ve been a Catholic leading a disobedient life, to go to confession and mass and then to grow closer to God through the sacraments. As you begin to grow in faith in following Christ the other questions will take care of themselves. The priesthood of course is not a position of leadership but of service; this is something the Holy Father continually says to bishops and cardinals.
 
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I moved out to Los Angeles 6 months ago to pursue a filmmaking career… i see the way the world is ran out here, i see the greed and lust and fleshly world and it makes me sad, and the idea of making money in this kind of industry saddens me, i feel like i would sell out… the Holy Spirit has been tugging at me more “Go to mass” “Go to confession” “Lead my people”

Its crazy. I am a sinner like no other, i go to strip clubs, i use vulgar language, i look at porn, i lie to my parents sometimes still even as an adult, but the Holy Spirit is telling me that through Jesus and his light and truth i can be reborn into a righteous person.

I have been looking into the priest hood… jesus saying “do not be afraid” comes to mind… but i am afraid, i was diagnosed as bi polar 3 years ago (personally i think it is a wrong diagnosis) but i am afraid. the church wouldn’t accept me based on what some psychiatrist says and not hear my story. Does anyone know about this, if a man is grounded and healthy and diagnosed as bi polar but stable can he serve as a priest?
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Your strip club and porn habits may be more detrimental than your bipolar disorder, especially if you have it under control.
Go to Confession, go to Mass, then make an appointment with your Diocesan Vocation Director so that you can ask him this.
I know it’s easier to talk about this anonymously…
I know it’s simpler to just hop on your computer, or phone, and ask strangers for advice, but many of us don’t know the specifics.
Want to know who does? Your Vocation Director.
Please talk to him.
Start now. It will take a while, a period of serious discernment to find the answer, but you’ll never find the answer if you don’t act.
Be courageous.
Mark 10:49
And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you.”

Peace
 
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