To Those Who "Always Wanted to Be a Priest"

[Madaglan]

I’ve heard it elsewhere but most recently from my present priest (an Orthodox priest): “I’ve always wanted to be a priest.” Personally, I never experienced this, but I’m interested in hearing from those for whom it is true. I’ve read stories in times past on these boards about priests who would “play Mass” when only 5-6 years old. In the recollection of those who have always wanted to be a priest, what made you so interested in becoming a priest? What attracted you from an early age?

 

[Trishie]

My sisters and I played Mass and Fatima when we were children…it was basically the more focused Catholicity of the era.

 

[puzzleannie]

hey guy, haven’t heard from you in a while howdy

our pastor says he knew from the time he was in 3rd grade and became an altar boy this is all he ever wanted to do. I have heard something similar from at least a dozen priests

 

[name_withheld]

I have wanted since I was about seven (I will enter a seminary after high school). I was deeply attracted to the solemnity of the High Mass…but it is hard to explain…

 

[Madaglan]

hey guy, haven’t heard from you in a while howdy

our pastor says he knew from the time he was in 3rd grade and became an altar boy this is all he ever wanted to do. I have heard something similar from at least a dozen priests

Yeah, good to see you’re still online, too. I just remembered that one of the priests on the film “Fishers of Men” also said the same thing–i.e. always wanting to be a priest.

 

[Allen537]

I wish I could number myself among those who knew when they were young children. Sadly to many of these I am a “late vocation”… I was 17 when I first felt called

In Carmel,

Br. Allen

 

[Hrvoje]

Well… I guess I’m one of those “Always wanted to be a priest” guy (still not one, although on the path to becoming one - still a long way to go
There was this thing I felt when my mother used to take me to mass when I was young. I was a bit of the restless kid back then, but whenever I would come to mass, I would become instantly soothed; like my focus would become instantly fixed on the altar and the priest, and I would just become lost in it all. I remember how really excited I was when I actually learned the prayers the priest was saying.
When people sitting in the pews next to my mother used to tell her: “this one is so well-behaved at mass, he’s bound to become a priest”, you can get the general drift of how it was.
Also, when my life was saved miraculously on a few occasions, I began to suspect that God had a greater plan for my life - that being the priesthood.
Of course, there’s a lot more to it, but this would really have to be the farthest back I can remember me having a desire to become a priest.