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MiserereMei25
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Has been most influential in your life?
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CatholicSpirit
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Too many to name.
The priest that taught me to be an altar server as a youth.
Another priest that enrolled me into an amazing scapular and heard some of my worst sins.
A deacon that gave me $10 for a real meal to eat when I went to church after eating at soup kitchens for weeks. (I returned many $10 when I went back to church with solid income)
A priest that taught me there is no such thing as a bad prayer.
A priest that heard my confessions and gave me reassurance that God is my salvation and he would protect me.
And many more…
The priest that taught me to be an altar server as a youth.
Another priest that enrolled me into an amazing scapular and heard some of my worst sins.
A deacon that gave me $10 for a real meal to eat when I went to church after eating at soup kitchens for weeks. (I returned many $10 when I went back to church with solid income)
A priest that taught me there is no such thing as a bad prayer.
A priest that heard my confessions and gave me reassurance that God is my salvation and he would protect me.
And many more…
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mVitus
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That’s hard to narrow down. Even priests I’ve only seen saying Mass a couple days and never again have given great insights. In that vein, One priest made me realize what adoration is, even if I had to relearn it a while later. And another priest gave me a great way to view the Sunday obligation.
But in terms of most influential, probably one of my parish priests. Some of his homilies have stuck with me. And he’s given good advice in the Confessional.
But at the same time, there are other priests that I like. My current pastor is awesome, the priest at my Newman Center is awesome, and there’s a priest at a nearby parish who always seems to be saying Mass the days I go there and what he said after the Pennsylvania stuff came out helped. And I almost priests that visit often.
I told you at the beginning that it would be hard to single one out.
And then I almost forgot Fathers David, Ruggero, ACEGC, ect. here on CAF. Because what they say has always been great.
But in terms of most influential, probably one of my parish priests. Some of his homilies have stuck with me. And he’s given good advice in the Confessional.
But at the same time, there are other priests that I like. My current pastor is awesome, the priest at my Newman Center is awesome, and there’s a priest at a nearby parish who always seems to be saying Mass the days I go there and what he said after the Pennsylvania stuff came out helped. And I almost priests that visit often.
I told you at the beginning that it would be hard to single one out.
And then I almost forgot Fathers David, Ruggero, ACEGC, ect. here on CAF. Because what they say has always been great.
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MiserereMei25
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Loved my Newman Center priests!
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thequeen
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The priest who took me through private instruction when I converted to Catholocism.
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mrsdizzyd
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The priest who was pastor over the parish school I went to as I child.
He was so warm and so kind. He was also very good with us kids. We even looked forward to his homilies. It was the joy he exuded. We all felt it. My childhood was pretty turbulent. He was one of the bright spots.
I still think about him often, and every time it makes me smile.
He was so warm and so kind. He was also very good with us kids. We even looked forward to his homilies. It was the joy he exuded. We all felt it. My childhood was pretty turbulent. He was one of the bright spots.
I still think about him often, and every time it makes me smile.
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13pollitos
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The one I chose to be Godfather for my girls.
LaughingBoy1503
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My Former spiritual director, a really awesome Carmelite priest. He answered my cry for help to his religious order when I was suffering from scrupulosity greatly. He worked with me for months. He comforted me a lot in bad scrupulosity episodes. The man has seen me cry, he knows about one of the worst things I ever did in my life before I became a Christian, he predicted that I would be practically cured from my scrupulosity in one year and he was right. I was 95% better in 11 months. That is the best possible outcome because I will never be 100% cured but I can live stress free and comfortable with my scrupulosity at 95% better. And I owe most of it to that priest.
Not to mention how I would go on and on to him about how hard it is to find a woman to marry and that there is a good chance I will be alone forever. He would smile and tell me “You are definitely going to find someone and get married one day” And I would get frustrated and tell him “How can you possibly know that?” And he would say the same thing again in a manner that made it seem like he was just as sure I would get married one day as he was sure that 1+1=2. And he was right because God willing I will be married next month. Hands down he has been the most influential and there is a good chance he will always be because getting over scrupulosity was such a life changer.
There have been a lot of great clergy in my life. My senior pastor has helped me with my scrupulosity too. Our Deacon is the first Catholic to invite me to his home and give me a booklet on what Catholics believe back when I was still a protestant and he gives me a book every time I go to his house lol.
Not to mention how I would go on and on to him about how hard it is to find a woman to marry and that there is a good chance I will be alone forever. He would smile and tell me “You are definitely going to find someone and get married one day” And I would get frustrated and tell him “How can you possibly know that?” And he would say the same thing again in a manner that made it seem like he was just as sure I would get married one day as he was sure that 1+1=2. And he was right because God willing I will be married next month. Hands down he has been the most influential and there is a good chance he will always be because getting over scrupulosity was such a life changer.
There have been a lot of great clergy in my life. My senior pastor has helped me with my scrupulosity too. Our Deacon is the first Catholic to invite me to his home and give me a booklet on what Catholics believe back when I was still a protestant and he gives me a book every time I go to his house lol.
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13pollitos
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Congratulations on your upcoming marriage!
The priest that married my husband and I was wonderful as well. Such a wise and holy man.
When we were doing marriage prep, he told us to accept that we were each other’s cross. He told us to embrace our cross, especially during times of sorrow. When we stumble, we need to hold tighter. That the weight of the cross would seem unbareable at times, but we must endure. Kind of shocked us at first because we thought he would be speaking of the joys of marriage and family. Now, over 25 years later, we realize that is exactly what he was doing.
I pray you have a marriage that is immensely blessed and a love that is strong enough to be your cross.
The priest that married my husband and I was wonderful as well. Such a wise and holy man.
When we were doing marriage prep, he told us to accept that we were each other’s cross. He told us to embrace our cross, especially during times of sorrow. When we stumble, we need to hold tighter. That the weight of the cross would seem unbareable at times, but we must endure. Kind of shocked us at first because we thought he would be speaking of the joys of marriage and family. Now, over 25 years later, we realize that is exactly what he was doing.
I pray you have a marriage that is immensely blessed and a love that is strong enough to be your cross.
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Tis_Bearself
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Padre Pio.
I never met him, but I still think he singlehandedly scared me into doing a lot more prayer and penance .
I haven’t had any close interactions with any priests in my parishes, schools etc in my daily life. Many of them have said good things or been good people or helpful in some respect, but there isn’t one who stands out as influential in my life.
I never met him, but I still think he singlehandedly scared me into doing a lot more prayer and penance .
I haven’t had any close interactions with any priests in my parishes, schools etc in my daily life. Many of them have said good things or been good people or helpful in some respect, but there isn’t one who stands out as influential in my life.
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DeniseNY
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My current pastor. I only returned to the Church a few years ago and I’ve been going through some rough stuff. He’s been a true blessing.
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