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He’s 23. I emailed our parish priest this evening. My son thinks he’s being called to be a “priest” in charismatic non-catholic mission church. I think he’s being called to be a True Priest based on things he’s said that he doesn’t equate with being Catholic.
 
WendyS said:
He’s 23. I emailed our parish priest this evening. My son thinks he’s being called to be a “priest” in charismatic non-catholic mission church. I think he’s being called to be a True Priest based on things he’s said that he doesn’t equate with being Catholic.
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Well, this is your first priority then; you need to get him back into the Catholic Church. Then, he can start truly discerning his vocation.
 
He is completely resistant even though his father and I love the Church, have had many spiritual encounters there, and are on fire for Jesus. He believes we are the exception vs the rule and wants no part of a “dead” Church.

I have been praying the Rosary, asking Mary to intervene for some time.

Hopefully our parish priest can shed some light. As I told my son, “if you are not open to the Truth, you will be vulnerable to a sweet sounding lie.”

I’m thrilled about his heart for Jesus, just sick about the direction…

God Bless you, Spirithound~
 
WendyS said:
He is completely resistant even though his father and I love the Church, have had many spiritual encounters there, and are on fire for Jesus. He believes we are the exception vs the rule and wants no part of a “dead” Church.

I have been praying the Rosary, asking Mary to intervene for some time.

Hopefully our parish priest can shed some light. As I told my son, “if you are not open to the Truth, you will be vulnerable to a sweet sounding lie.”

I’m thrilled about his heart for Jesus, just sick about the direction…

~
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Windy,
we will all pray for you and your son. The prayers for him at this time should be for discernment of the truth. Pray before the Blessed Sacrament if possible.
 
Thank you, Deacon Ed B…

Discernment of Truth is the thing he needs. I will pray before the Blessed Sacrament today.

And thank you all for your invaluable prayers~My son has told me to stop contacting him. If we won’t support him in his intention to leave the Church, he doesn’t want to speak to us. We are heartbroken…
 
Hello everyone,

My name is Kyle and I am 23.

I am currently in Medical School but I just put in my application for the Diocese of Salina (Kansas) and will be entering into a spirituality year at St. John Vianney in Denver Co next year.

I can take a few years deferment from Medical school and spend some time getting closer to God and seeing where He wants me. I am truly excited. May God bless you all!
 
Praise God for Kyle’s heart for a closer walk with Our Lord!

I will be praying for you!
 
WendyS said:
Praise God for Kyle’s heart for a closer walk with Our Lord!

I will be praying for you!
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Thank you for your prayers! They are constant source of strength! I will pray for you and your son as well. I hope that we may be Brother Priests in Christ’s service some day!
 
pawel15 said:
Hi, my name is Paul, i’m 19 years of age.
For the past month, i have experienced the call to the priesthood.

In the next few weeks i will be looking for a seminary to join. I’m not sure however whether i’m called to be a Diocesan priest or to join a priestly order. I trust that Jesus will guide me and show me the way. My only hurdle is, 'should i tell others my vocation to the priesthood or should i keep silent until im ready? (I have told my family and they greatly support my decision. They still are shocked with my decision , especially my sister)

Today when i was at work, i was telling my friend (who is catholic
) that my uncle will be ordained a priest in a few months. Then for some reason he asked me, “Are you going to be a priest?”. I replied, "Why would you ask me something like that?. He then said, “I don’t know.” I thought this a bit odd, so I gave him the answer to his question, “If God calls me to be a priest, i would gladly accept it.” He then turned around and walked away.

What this meant, i have no idea.🤷
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lol… That’s the way i fee, I also had many people asking me if I’m going to become a priest. I don’t know but when you are been call to became priest. Looks like the others knows too. Like that they knew about you. I already told my parent, but my brothers and sister don’t konw. I don’t know how they are going to react. I going to join the Legionaries of Christ. I going for a week to experience what is to be in a seminary.:rolleyes:
 
soldadocatolico said:
lol… That’s the way i fee, I also had many people asking me if I’m going to become a priest. I don’t know but when you are been call to became priest. Looks like the others knows too. Like that they knew about you. I already told my parent, but my brothers and sister don’t konw. I don’t know how they are going to react. I going to join the Legionaries of Christ. I going for a week to experience what is to be in a seminary.:rolleyes:
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Be careful about the LG.

Check out the thread on the LG’s just a few items down the list.

The future of the LG is not clear at this point. It is under a serious papal investigation, because of the sins of its founder, but also because of its secretive practices.

Find out more.
 
Hey Kyle,

You’ve got a winner of a Bishop in Salina KS. We’ll be praying for you.

Btw, since I’m new to this thread, my name is Scott. I’m 27 and a seminarian, already with vows (aka “a brother”), in the Apostles of the Interior Life. We study in Rome, and our charism is to focus on spiritual apostolate (evangelizing the unconverted and forming those already on the Way). To prepare, beyond merely studying at a Pontifical University, we also have about 4 hours of prayer every day (Mass with thanksgiving after communion, Holy Hour, half hour of meditation, rosary, full breviary, and 20 min of spiritual reading) and an intense community life (lunch and dinner together plus one hour of recreation and the 5 of us sharing an apartment). Next fall I’ll begin my final year of studies for the Licenciate in Spirituality at the Teresianum (Discalced Carmelites). Anyone can check out my story and those of my brothers at…

http://www.apostlesofil.org/male_branch.htm

We also have a female branch that does our same apostolate and also studies at the Pontifical University of the Lateran as a preparation for our apostolate.

Have a great day All, because He made it great!
 
Hello! My name is Kyle Moreland, and I am currently discerning the call to the diocesan priesthood. I live about 50 miles outside of Saint Louis, Missouri, so I will probably go to the local seminary in Saint Louis-if I find that the priesthood is the right vocation for me-I’m pretty sure it is. I first wanted to be a priest as early as 2-3 but I first got really serious in kindergarten. I used to and still do “celebrate mass.” I know it really isn’t a mass-but I enjoy doing it. My “first mass” was said in the chapel in the local convent (with REAL hosts!) I say mass daily-I’ve even gotten to the point where I don’t need my Sacramentary except for the Opening Prayer, etc. I find it funny when my relatives are over at our house and I have to celebrate-they always remark that “I do it better that the priests do.” I pray all of the time, and have talked to many priests about my possible vocation to the priesthood. A friend of mine (RIP) who was a Priest gave me some cruets and a red cassock many, many years ago which got me started. Sometimes though, I wonder if I just like the feel of it all, and I’m not “truly” being called-though I definately think so. I apoloigize for the long reply. BTW, I’m 14. God Bless! Pray for me! :signofcross:
 
Kyle_Moreland said:
Hello! My name is Kyle Moreland, and I am currently discerning the call to the diocesan priesthood. I live about 50 miles outside of Saint Louis, Missouri, so I will probably go to the local seminary in Saint Louis-if I find that the priesthood is the right vocation for me-I’m pretty sure it is. I first wanted to be a priest as early as 2-3 but I first got really serious in kindergarten. I used to and still do “celebrate mass.” I know it really isn’t a mass-but I enjoy doing it. My “first mass” was said in the chapel in the local convent (with REAL hosts!) I say mass daily-I’ve even gotten to the point where I don’t need my Sacramentary except for the Opening Prayer, etc. I find it funny when my relatives are over at our house and I have to celebrate-they always remark that “I do it better that the priests do.” I pray all of the time, and have talked to many priests about my possible vocation to the priesthood. A friend of mine (RIP) who was a Priest gave me some cruets and a red cassock many, many years ago which got me started. Sometimes though, I wonder if I just like the feel of it all, and I’m not “truly” being called-though I definately think so. I apoloigize for the long reply. BTW, I’m 14. God Bless! Pray for me! :signofcross:
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Wait to clarify are you saying a local convent let you “celebrate mass” with consecrated the consecrated host?
 
WendyS said:
He is completely resistant even though his father and I love the Church, have had many spiritual encounters there, and are on fire for Jesus. He believes we are the exception vs the rule and wants no part of a “dead” Church.

I have been praying the Rosary, asking Mary to intervene for some time.

Hopefully our parish priest can shed some light. As I told my son, “if you are not open to the Truth, you will be vulnerable to a sweet sounding lie.”

I’m thrilled about his heart for Jesus, just sick about the direction…

God Bless you, Spirithound~
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Is your son aware that the Catholic Church has a charismatic movement? There is even at last one charismatic order that I am aware of called the Missionaries of God’s Love, although it is Australian based, does take in overseas applicants. Not sure what other charismatic orders there are. When I became charismatic I didn’t know there was this side of the Catholic Church and felt the same as your son, I wanted to leave what I perceived at the time to be a church full of the spiritually dead. I hope things work out.
 
Howdy all,

This fall I will be entering my senior year of undergraduate study, which means I am also entering into crunch time for discernment. I had always believed I would go on to pursue graduate studies immediately following undergrad, but now things are not so clear. While I have felt the call to the priesthood for many years now, I actively ignored it for a great deal of time and only recently began to feel the irresistible pull towards seminary again. After a very fruitful and prayerful spring semester, I found myself contemplating entering seminary immediately following graduation…

One of the chief impediments to my active discernment, sadly, has been the opposition of my family. While we are all Catholic and attend Mass each week, there was a time in high school when my knowledge and understanding (both from experience and study) surpassed that of my family. After living away at college for three years, learning and growing in the faith, I have reached the point where it is nearly impossible to explain to my family my understanding of the faith and what has led me to this desire to become a priest. Last night was the first time I have ever had a completely frank discussion about the priesthood with my mother, and for once, I didn’t promise to pursue a “normal life” and leave the priesthood to the other guys. It feels good to have finally defended my position, but obviously things aren’t as peaceable as I would like.

My latest plan for post-graduate endeavors would entail applying for Teach for America and working as a teacher for two years, in which I could more closely discern the desires of my heart and the direction of God’s will for my life (including a greater discernment of various religious orders) apart from the (mostly negative) influences of my family and the always positive influence of my Church family in the town where I attend university.

Please pray that I will not get distracted or discouraged in my discernment, and that my family will be open to whatever God desires of me.

God bless you all in your own discernment and in the way you live out God’s love!
Peace and all good things,
benjamin
 
RavenousWolf said:
Howdy all,

This fall I will be entering my senior year of undergraduate study, which means I am also entering into crunch time for discernment. I had always believed I would go on to pursue graduate studies immediately following undergrad, but now things are not so clear. While I have felt the call to the priesthood for many years now, I actively ignored it for a great deal of time and only recently began to feel the irresistible pull towards seminary again. After a very fruitful and prayerful spring semester, I found myself contemplating entering seminary immediately following graduation…

One of the chief impediments to my active discernment, sadly, has been the opposition of my family. While we are all Catholic and attend Mass each week, there was a time in high school when my knowledge and understanding (both from experience and study) surpassed that of my family. After living away at college for three years, learning and growing in the faith, I have reached the point where it is nearly impossible to explain to my family my understanding of the faith and what has led me to this desire to become a priest. Last night was the first time I have ever had a completely frank discussion about the priesthood with my mother, and for once, I didn’t promise to pursue a “normal life” and leave the priesthood to the other guys. It feels good to have finally defended my position, but obviously things aren’t as peaceable as I would like.

My latest plan for post-graduate endeavors would entail applying for Teach for America and working as a teacher for two years, in which I could more closely discern the desires of my heart and the direction of God’s will for my life (including a greater discernment of various religious orders) apart from the (mostly negative) influences of my family and the always positive influence of my Church family in the town where I attend university.

Please pray that I will not get distracted or discouraged in my discernment, and that my family will be open to whatever God desires of me.

God bless you all in your own discernment and in the way you live out God’s love!
Peace and all good things,
benjamin
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Peace, Benjamin!
Talking to our close loved ones seems paradoxically hardest, doesn’t it? I would suggest talking to your priest as soon as possible. The discernment with your bishop or vocations director can take a year or longer, including him deciding where to send you to seminary.
Praying for you!
 
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