"The worthy priest is an angel of purity in mind and body, a cherub of light and knowledge, a seraph of love and Charity, an apostle of zeal in work and sanctity, ...in patience and benignity. He is the living image of Christ in this world, of Christ watching, praying, preaching, catechizing, working, weeping, ...suffering, agonizing, sacrificing Himself and dying for the souls created to His image and likeness... He is the light of those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. He is the destroyer of error, schisms and heresies, the converter of sinners, the sanctifier of the just, the strength of the weak, the consolation of the afflicted, the treasure of the poor. He is the confusion of hell, the glory of heaven, the terror of demons, the joy of angels, the ruin of Satan's kingdom, the establishment of Christ's empire, the ornament of the Church... -St. Jean Eudes --- “For when you see the Lord sacrificed, and laid upon the altar, and the priest standing and praying over the victim, and all the worshippers empurpled with that precious blood, can you then think that you are still among men, and standing upon the earth? Are you not, on the contrary, straightway translated to Heaven, and casting out every carnal thought from the soul, do you not with disembodied spirit and pure reason contemplate the things which are in Heaven?” -St. John Chrysostom
Please pray for me. I’ve been feeling pulled to serve God as a priest since I was a kid. I’m 25 now, no college degree, no job and debt. Please pray for me and point me in a direction to begin my vocation
I am 26 and i don't have a college degree I've tired more than once to get it and am currently discerning with a diocese I often think hmm will i be able to handle the studies at seminary? God will enlighten our souls with His grace . Who knows you might be a John Vianney? Or a Blessed Solanus Casey 😄
I have been to the Abbaye sainte Madeleine du Barroux in France in sept. 2014 as postulant. I was there for 9 mounth. I realy felt home without illusion! My health took a hit do to the rising at 3:30 AM. So they sent me back! I'm taking one day at a time. I'm in gods providence. Deo gratias!
I very eager and willing to enter to the vocation of priesthood i dont want to enter to novus ordo but instead to enter to a priesthood of traditional... but here in The Philippines, Tridentine Mass is Not allowed to celebrate in The Church but only in the secret places sad to say... our Archbishop of Manila and Bishops are not allowing traditional to celebrate mass because our Bishop said: We want to express how solemn That Novus Ordo is rather than the Traditional... I cant find Christ in Novus but when my Choir Master Call me to.come to sing in Traditional... thats all I started to visit and celebrate mass during sundays and Holy obligations... But, there is No seminary for traditional here in the Philippines only for Novus ordo 😞 I am ready to give up everything... To Love and Serve God... As a Choir Member... My Choir Master ask me if I am interested to enter to a vocation... and i said Yes i am...
@@Multi-MediaVideo While most of your studies will be the same (99%). Plus you would be consecrated a priest of the Latin rite which includes both Novus Ordo and Tridentine as these are not 2 different rites but are 2 forms of the same rite. Thus, there is nothing stopping you from celebrating one or the other. Thus, what I would suggest if in case you don't find Traditional congregation, go the normal route and get ordained. In that time you can also discern your vocation and at the ending always be obedient to your bishop.
Thank you bishop. I remember watching this video when I was unsure about my vocation. It helped me to trust the Father and his plan for me. I am now a seminarian and am confident in my vocation to the priesthood. God bless.
The Father and the Son are the Parents of the Holy Spirit, if many churches are correct. If many churches are correct, The Trinity is a Family-- two Parents and a Progeny, just like a human family. (Humans are made in the "image" and "likeness" of God according to Genesis 1:26) In the Book of Job which is part of the bible,the Lord is compared to a father and also a mother with a womb. "From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens"--Job 38:29. Because God can also be thought of like a mother (Isaiah 42:14,Isaiah 66:13,Matthew 23:37), all three roles (father,mother,progeny) in a basic human family are filled in the Trinity. Saying that the "Father and the Son are the Parents of the Holy Spirit" is simply another way of saying that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father and the Son" which has been official Catholic Church teaching for centuries. According to the Catholic Church, the Son is begotten from the Father. If this is true, the Father is the Father (Parent) of the Son. According to the Church, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.If this is true, the Father and the Son are the Parents of the Holy Spirit. According to the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" paragraph 264, "The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father as the first principle and...from the communion of both the Father and the Son" Of course, the scriptures are vague if the Holy Spirit is the 3rd or 2nd Person of the Trinity--whichever of these is true,the First Person and the Second Person may be the Parents of the Third.
“You know he is talking to you”... gosh I’ve been running for three years now but I keep coming back here. I’m just scared that it won’t fulfill me but I want to be able to trust in God.
Thank you for the inspiring words Bishop. I am discerning a monastic vocation and have scheduled a retreat at a monastery this spring. Please pray for me.
@@2SPetrvs one year later…my discernment has taken many twists and turns this past year, especially following my mother’s passing. I have been drawn more and more to St. Francis and his way of living out the Gospel. While I am still considering the monastic life, I will be visiting the Capuchins in May for a Come and See. Hoping that, through this experience, God will give me clarity as to His will for my life. Thanks for the continued prayers!
@@colemankimbrough4718 will pray for you brother. I am certain of my call to serve Christ, just trying to figure if I should do it through the priesthood or as a regular working person. Right now deciding between college to study anthropology or seminary. Seminary can always wait until I’m done with my undergraduate though. Let us pray for each other🙏✝️🙏
Thank you so much for these words! I've been now three years discerning and maybe, if it's God's will, I will be given a consecration date from my Bishop next September. Keep praying!!
God Is Always Inviting Us and Not forcing . We are given Much freedom to Say Yes , No or Not Yet . But Always Remember His Love For you do not change and The Purpose of this Life is To Grow In Relationship with Jesus and Be His Disciple.❤ Lets Gods Will be done In Our Lives ❤. Do not Be Afraid , God is with Us
I feel worried that I have a calling to the priesthood or religious life because I am 26 and cant find a good woman to marry. Im always getting rejected and I want a family of my own.
I keep coming back to considering being a nun, as a new convert (2017), but I'm 41, and have some major health issues, including fibromyalgia. Perhaps being a lay contemplative would be a better fit? Not sure.
@Mermaid I will pray for you and I sincerely hope that you will realize the truth - that priests who choose to harm young people are choosing to act by Satan's will, and that the church does not teach the evil that these priests are indulging in. Nor does it teach the evil that the bishops who seek to cover up such horrid acts are indulging in. I will pray for God to show you that the life of the priesthood, when lived correctly, is meant to glorify God, not spit in His face. God bless.
@Caitlin There is no biblical calling for catholic priesthood. Neither are there nuns in the good book. The roman catholic system goes against nearly everything that commands. As long as you have faith in Him and Trust Him whole heartedly and Believe in Him, you are good. No need for rome and its strange practices
I’m fourteen years old and I’m gonna take confirmation this year, so me, together with brethren, went to a camp for four days (well more like retreat )regarding this sacrament......we were doing praise and worship there, (there were a lot of souls who were converted and realise God’s love for them) after I come back to home I was filled with Holy Spirit and decided to make the decision of being a priest, what I also knew that it was a calling by God rather than a decision by me as Jesus says “You did not choose me, but I chose you”...... I thank the Lord in this moment
Pray for me my brothers because everytime the devil is tempting me to do evil and im afraid that ive committed a graveful sin that's why i want to change my life i want to be sorrounded by good people.. and this is the reason that i want to be a priest i want to be free from sins that is sorrounding me, i dont want this kind of evil life that is why i want to a priest to glorify our God and to serve him gratefully..
A very powerful message to someone like me who wanna go for a priestly vocation, to take heed the call of the Lord ,"Come and Follow Me". Hope I can find my sponsors for it. 😢
I'd love to be a Franciscan but God have mercy on my wretched sinful soul id cry if I ever became one and probably get lost and end up homeless and die of loneliness and deep agony. 😭 I love my Lord my Father too much I'd take my cross until it crushed the last breath of air inside me just to know and see my Fathers Paradise
The Preparation [of a priest for Holy Mass] is remote and immediate; the remote consists in the *pure and virtuous life,* which should be led by the Priest, in order that he may celebrate worthily. Therefore, his *acts,* his *words,* his *thoughts* should *breathe of purity, that he may be fit to celebrate with proper dispositions.* If he who handled the sacred vessels of old should be pure, *how much more so must the Priest be, who bears in his hands and in his breast the Incarnate Word of God?* This purity of life consists, first, *in preserving himself undefiled from every sin, not only mortal,* as he is necessarily bound to-but also, to secure greater purity, *every deliberate venial sin,* and even from *every affection to venial sin;* and secondly, it consists in applying himself *most diligently* and *constantly to the acquisition of every virtue.* “Qui justus est, justificetur adhuc, et sanctus, sanctificetur adhuc” (Apoc. xxii. ii). (Introduction to The Sacred Ceremonies of Low Mass, Rev. Felix Zualdi, CM)
I once went to Texas because I wanted to be close to a man I met online. We never really got closer after that in person meeting. Maybe I didn’t pray well enough or have the right experience for a job at 22 years old, it still feels weird that I am getting the same call to Texas even singing country songs without hearing the tune in a long time at 36 years old.
I want to be a priest but I have a disability called Aspergers Syndrome so I don't know if a seminary would accept me plus I'm on meds for my disability anyway pray for me.
Bishop I have the vocation and I am working to join seminary this year pray for me . My all works are going well even my contacting with the seminary is going well with any hurdles . Please pray for me a lot my name is Vivian Ilyas.
thank you for this video. I got a letter today from my local priest to go to the seminary camp this summer. now it's had me thinking more cause recently my original plan for a job later has changed and I'm wondering if I should take a religious route. I do feel very close to God and sometimes also close to sometimes feel the devil but I'm definitely going to the camp this july!
Hebrews 7 v 26-28 “For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily like those high priests to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. Because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son made perfect forever.” The operative word is “once.” One sacrifice. There is no need for daily offering of sacrifices. Any sacrifices being made today are unbiblical and unable to accomplish anything. Any priests today are false claimants to a special priesthood, a special order of priests, since now we are all priests. We are a royal priesthood, all believers. We need no mediator; we all have immediate access to God. We need to make no sacrifices because there is no temple, there are no altars, there are no sacrifices, and we are not in need of any priests.
Pray three Hail Marys for purity every morning and night. Here is an excellent video on the topic of chastity and lust: ruclips.net/video/w_UWskdcsyg/видео.html
Prayer for Purity, the Raccolta, indulgenced by Pius IX, February 26, 1862. O Jesus, son of the living God, brightness of eternal light, who from all eternity wast begotten most pure in the bosom of the Eternal Father, and who in time didst will to be born of a most pure and immaculate Virgin, I, thy Creature full of infirmity, beg of Thee, with all my heart, to preserve me pure in mind and body; and do Thou cause to be renewed most abundantly in thy holy Church the virtue of holy purity for thy greater glory and the salvation of the souls Thou hast redeemed. O most pure and ever-immaculate Virgin Mary, Daughter of the Eternal Father, mother of the Eternal Son, and spouse of the Holy Spirit, august and living temple of the most adorable Trinity, lily of purity and mirror without stain, obtain for me, dear mother, I beseech thee, from the good Jesus, purity of mind and body, and beg of Him to cause this beautiful virtue to flourish more and more among all classes of the faithful. O most chaste Spouse of Mary Immaculate, glorious St. Joseph, who didst merit to receive from God the singular privilege of being the reputed Father of Innocence itself, Jesus Christ, and spotless guardian of the Virgin of virgins, obtain for me, I beseech thee, the love of Jesus, my Savior and God, and the special protection of Mary my most blessed Mother; grant, O blessed Joseph, protector of all chaste souls, that this thy beloved virtue of holy purity may be better loved by me and by all men. And St Bernadine of Siena, thou who didst so deeply love Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, my special advocate and example, model of Christian modesty, restorer in our times of piety and holy living, present my prayers, I beseech thee, to the Holy Family, and implore that, together with piety and the fear of God, holy purity of soul and body may reign in all Christian families and in all children of our mother, the holy Catholic Church. Amen.
What do you suggest for those of us who feel called to religious life but can't join a congregation due to health problems? Sometimes waiting becomes tough
Can you help me if i am really have a call im still confused..... To become a priest is not easy.... I dont want to mix with my personal problem... Or just to say i was force to... In this world full of material things.. I cant still find peace and true happiness...
I feel God’s call but it’s come so late. I’m turning 33 in a few months and I’d be 39 by the time I finished seminary! That’s so late to be starting over
Hello! Could you please tell me the name of the musical track you played at the end - as in, what is the name of the track, which album and who is the singer/artist/band, etc.? Thank you very much and God bless you for your good work.
Is religious life for me? i am 24 years old. there is a voice in my ears all the time. I am very sensitive and i get overwhelmed by things. I do enjoy learning about people and i am always talking about compassion and love. perhaps God wants me to be nun. i thought i was crazy listening to voices, but maybe is something supernatural. I am doing geometry and my mind kept having thoughts so i googled this question. and the voices stopped. so i see i am called to the religious life because i am slow. i am not afraid but i just want to keep doing things, but i feel probably because even my mom told me i should go to a convent. i am getting sick of this voices. probably i am called to be a nun or at least try visiting convents but i do not know to drive. so i go crazy.
Take a year or so to live in communion with other priests. Not only will it do good to yourself as you discern, but you'll have the constant advice of people who live the priesthood. God Bless!
Dear father, Im interested to join seminary. Franciscan society. But I'm not sure that I'm done. When confess my sins I don't get the feeling. I think I'm Impure. Some of my friends join seminary. But they can't continue to full fill their path. That's why I'm still afraid to join seminary.
Hello, I'm glad that my identity is somehow hidden in here so I would like to have some advise from you guys. Priesthood is something that I think I maybe called, i've been thinking about it for more that a year now but I don't know if God is really calling me, what if I fail and turn into a man who is not worthy to celebrate the Holy Eucharist? I don't even know if I'm worthy enough to be a priest. I'm really confused. But what if God is really calling me and I didn't do what he calls me to do (Priesthood)? How do I know?
I feel like I'm called to a consecrated life but I'm a Protestant, I go to an AG Church and we don't have anything like consecrated life. I've considered becoming a Roman Catholic but I don't really know, I'm confused.. God bless!
If you feel called to the Catholic Church but aren’t sure, perhaps read some of the work of the saints. I’d recommend Edith Stein who went from being Jewish to Atheist to Catholic and then became a carmelite nun who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Powerful conversion story though.
The Church needs holy, devout, orthodox, straight (not homosexual or other deviant) men who love Her traditions and value Her treasures. We've had enough liberal deviant men ruin the Church and the priesthood.
What does one do with a call after a life of sin? In your 40s, with tattoos... Its disheartening to feel that I may have missed my call earlier. I see it now but its too late.
It's never too late. Fulfill it to whatever degree that you can. If you were called to the priesthood and are now married, consider the diaconate and speak with your pastor or spiritual director, or diocesan vocations director, about it and "take a step". If you are married but were called to the consecrated life, consider the a Third Order Religious group for lay people, like the Tertiary or Third Order Franciscans, maybe join with your wife (or at least get her consent, as your spouse). If you're not married, then talk to your spiritual director or diocesan vocations director and they will help you discern and figure out where God is calling you--whether to marriage, consecrated life, priesthood, hermitage, underwater basket weaving--whatever it may be. God loves you, wants the best for you, and you will be happiest doing what you were created and born to do. If you need some help contact the right directors mentioned above, message me back and I'll help you find the right people in your diocese through RUclips's messaging platform, and I'll get you the contact information so you call and ask them some questions, whether over the phone or over coffee. Don't neglect God's calling to the degree that you can fulfill it--God can open the door, and you'll be inexpressibly glad that you did. Please pray for me as I continue on the path of the same--whatever it is God is calling me to do. --God be with you all the more!
Don't worry, I pursued the religious life when I was 16, and at 22, in need of support, finally convinced of my vocation to religious life and priesthood, and struggling with a back injury that was neglected by my superiors, I was thrown out in violation of Canon Law. I was never instructed on my rights or legal recourse as a religious under Canon Law, so I was helpless. Meanwhile, a 40 year-old classmate was just ordained a priest last year at age 45, because he was experienced with corruption and wise in his dedication, and navigated the minefield. You have a better chance, and I am left with the trauma, haunted by a peace and happiness that I can't separate from betrayal, and now I will never be a priest or religious, because my trust is broken. You are much better off than I am, the grass is not greener. If you really want to go for it, you can, and it won't ruin your ability to be a religious, if not a priest.
Natalia Marcondes God did not do that to me. I don't blame him. He gives everyone free will and does not prevent the consequences of free choices out of respect for that. He did not purify Japanese civilians in the fires of the Hiroshima blast that incinerated them without warning - he did not cause the blast - the free choices of others did. I am much more fortunate than they are, but what happened to me is the fault of those who had the power to wrong me, just as it is with them. Our decisions matter, and God can resolve things if we give him the ability to act in our own lives, but he doesn't cause or fix our problems - that is a misinterpretation of Christian teaching - the very one that allowed the manipulators into my life who hurt me in this way. Maybe God will reward me for trying to serve him while others threw me off that path. Maybe I won't let him. I would not assume that everything will work out in the end.
All of Christ's followers are priests of Christ. That was why St Peter in his epistle 1 Peter 2:9 said "You are a royal priesthood and a holy nation". That is why the Book of Revelation 1:6 says "You (Christ) made them kings and preists of God. If these Catholic clergy says that only they are priests of Christ, that is big lie. All those who are followers of Christ Jesus are His priests. What is holy mass? What is its purpose? What does a catholic priest do in this mass? What happens in the mass? Is it a sacrifice? Not at all. After the one and only perfect sacrifice of our High Priest Jesus on the Cross at the Calvary, all masses/sacrifices came to an end. He does not die once again. He died only once. There is no purpose in any masses these catholic priests perform now. Jesus cannot be offered as a sacrifice now. These are all just lies of the Catholic church. This mass is only a drama staged by a catholic priest with his co actors and all those who attend it are just spectators of this meaningless drama. Nothing else. In my life, as a Catholic once, I must have participated thousands of masses, and nothing happened in my life because of those masses.
The early christians were accused of being cannibals because they believed Jesus was on the Eucharist . Read the church fathers instead of protestants who didn't exist until 1500s
I feel worried that I have a calling to the priesthood because I am 26 and cant find a good woman to marry. Im always getting rejected and I want a family of my own.
I'm 15 years old I have this feeling that I could not explain to anyone Wanting to serve God but I'm afraid that I have the wrong interpretation or it is just coming at first emotionally. I'm afraid of Everything of losing my family or taking the vows of Poverty of helping other people. I want to but I'm afraid
Pray for me my brothers because everytime the devil is tempting me to do evil and im afraid that ive committed a graveful sin that's why i want to change my life i want to be sorrounded by good people.. and this is the reason that i want to be a priest i want to be free from sins that is sorrounding me, i dont want this kind of evil life that is why i want to a priest to glorify our God and to serve him gratefully..
"The worthy priest is an angel of purity in mind and body, a cherub of light and knowledge, a seraph of love and Charity, an apostle of zeal in work and sanctity, ...in patience and benignity. He is the living image of Christ in this world, of Christ watching, praying, preaching, catechizing, working, weeping, ...suffering, agonizing, sacrificing Himself and dying for the souls created to His image and likeness... He is the light of those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. He is the destroyer of error, schisms and heresies, the converter of sinners, the sanctifier of the just, the strength of the weak, the consolation of the afflicted, the treasure of the poor. He is the confusion of hell, the glory of heaven, the terror of demons, the joy of angels, the ruin of Satan's kingdom, the establishment of Christ's empire, the ornament of the Church... -St. Jean Eudes
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“For when you see the Lord sacrificed, and laid upon the altar, and the priest standing and praying over the victim, and all the worshippers empurpled with that precious blood, can you then think that you are still among men, and standing upon the earth? Are you not, on the contrary, straightway translated to Heaven, and casting out every carnal thought from the soul, do you not with disembodied spirit and pure reason contemplate the things which are in Heaven?” -St. John Chrysostom
Please pray for me. I’ve been feeling pulled to serve God as a priest since I was a kid. I’m 25 now, no college degree, no job and debt. Please pray for me and point me in a direction to begin my vocation
I feel you bro, i'm in a similar boat
I am 26 and i don't have a college degree I've tired more than once to get it and am currently discerning with a diocese
I often think hmm will i be able to handle the studies at seminary? God will enlighten our souls with His grace . Who knows you might be a John Vianney? Or a Blessed Solanus Casey 😄
There is also the call to be a monk! ❤
@@Ste.Germaine yes there is ! God bless all monks and friars !✝
44 same feeling.
That young man is me!
Wonderful to hear! May Mary's mantle ever blanket over you in protection! Oremus pro invicem.
I have been to the Abbaye sainte Madeleine du Barroux in France in sept. 2014 as postulant. I was there for 9 mounth. I realy felt home without illusion! My health took a hit do to the rising at 3:30 AM. So they sent me back! I'm taking one day at a time. I'm in gods providence. Deo gratias!
I very eager and willing to enter to the vocation of priesthood i dont want to enter to novus ordo but instead to enter to a priesthood of traditional... but here in The Philippines, Tridentine Mass is Not allowed to celebrate in The Church but only in the secret places sad to say... our Archbishop of Manila and Bishops are not allowing traditional to celebrate mass because our Bishop said: We want to express how solemn That Novus Ordo is rather than the Traditional... I cant find Christ in Novus but when my Choir Master Call me to.come to sing in Traditional... thats all I started to visit and celebrate mass during sundays and Holy obligations... But, there is No seminary for traditional here in the Philippines only for Novus ordo 😞 I am ready to give up everything... To Love and Serve God... As a Choir Member... My Choir Master ask me if I am interested to enter to a vocation... and i said Yes i am...
@@Multi-MediaVideo While most of your studies will be the same (99%). Plus you would be consecrated a priest of the Latin rite which includes both Novus Ordo and Tridentine as these are not 2 different rites but are 2 forms of the same rite. Thus, there is nothing stopping you from celebrating one or the other. Thus, what I would suggest if in case you don't find Traditional congregation, go the normal route and get ordained. In that time you can also discern your vocation and at the ending always be obedient to your bishop.
Thank you bishop. I remember watching this video when I was unsure about my vocation. It helped me to trust the Father and his plan for me. I am now a seminarian and am confident in my vocation to the priesthood. God bless.
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The Father and the Son are the Parents of the Holy Spirit, if many churches are correct. If many churches are correct, The Trinity is a Family-- two Parents and a Progeny, just like a human family. (Humans are made in the "image" and "likeness" of God according to Genesis 1:26) In the Book of Job which is part of the bible,the Lord is compared to a father and also a mother with a womb. "From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens"--Job 38:29. Because God can also be thought of like a mother (Isaiah 42:14,Isaiah 66:13,Matthew 23:37), all three roles (father,mother,progeny) in a basic human family are filled in the Trinity. Saying that the "Father and the Son are the Parents of the Holy Spirit" is simply another way of saying that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father and the Son" which has been official Catholic Church teaching for centuries. According to the Catholic Church, the Son is begotten from the Father. If this is true, the Father is the Father (Parent) of the Son. According to the Church, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.If this is true, the Father and the Son are the Parents of the Holy Spirit. According to the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" paragraph 264, "The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father as the first principle and...from the communion of both the Father and the Son" Of course, the scriptures are vague if the Holy Spirit is the 3rd or 2nd Person of the Trinity--whichever of these is true,the First Person and the Second Person may be the Parents of the Third.
Be blessed
@@chicagoman393 what you wrote is so heretical in so many different ways
Over 25 years a Brother. No regrets and deep joy! Thank you Archbishop for including the Brothers!
Pray for me that I may respond to Gods calling faithfully and in my ministry I may offer myself totally to God
“You know he is talking to you”... gosh I’ve been running for three years now but I keep coming back here. I’m just scared that it won’t fulfill me but I want to be able to trust in God.
You're actually scared that Chris hanson will catch u 😂😂😂😂
@@Mermaider Your bigotry makes me so sad. I'm sorry that someone has hurt you.
If you haven't applied to Seminary already, please do! If we take a risk for God, the chances of being disappointed are approximately 0.0000%
Thank you for the inspiring words Bishop. I am discerning a monastic vocation and have scheduled a retreat at a monastery this spring. Please pray for me.
Keeping you in our prayers! Stay in touch
@@2SPetrvs one year later…my discernment has taken many twists and turns this past year, especially following my mother’s passing. I have been drawn more and more to St. Francis and his way of living out the Gospel. While I am still considering the monastic life, I will be visiting the Capuchins in May for a Come and See. Hoping that, through this experience, God will give me clarity as to His will for my life. Thanks for the continued prayers!
@@colemankimbrough4718 will pray for you brother. I am certain of my call to serve Christ, just trying to figure if I should do it through the priesthood or as a regular working person. Right now deciding between college to study anthropology or seminary. Seminary can always wait until I’m done with my undergraduate though. Let us pray for each other🙏✝️🙏
OMG :) Archbishop Sample looks like Abp Fulton P. Sheen
Archbishop Sample is truly an amazing soul. God bless!
Thank you Bishop, your words have really encouraged me.
Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices
I've watched this video 5 times now lol
Thank you so much ❤❤❤
I am taking this bold step of faith in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Your words are so true for me! Thank you for your encouraging words!
That is great to hear! Oremus pro invicem!
I pray there are more young men will answer the call of God for the salvation of God’s people
I pray to Jesus, with the intercession of St. Dismas, to send more vocations to work for the Church and for the greater honor and glory of God.
Thanks so much for the beautiful reflection!
Plz pray for me
Thanks for motivation father 😊❤
Thank you so much for this video!! I needed this .... Please pray for me as I discern my vocation.
Prise the lord 🙏
Thank you so much for these words! I've been now three years discerning and maybe, if it's God's will, I will be given a consecration date from my Bishop next September. Keep praying!!
Thank you fr. I am really inspired. I think it is a great start to take a step of being a seminarian. To answer Gods calling to me😇
Thank you so much :)
Discerning is one difficult part but after you have discerned, for me being in my mid forties, finding the congregation that will accept me...
Pray for me Fr.
I needed to hear this sermon when I was in my 20s.
One of the best men I've ever met. God bless Archbishop Sample!
Thank you so much for this video. God bless
God Is Always Inviting Us and Not forcing . We are given Much freedom to Say Yes , No or Not Yet . But Always Remember His Love For you do not change and The Purpose of this Life is To Grow In Relationship with Jesus and Be His Disciple.❤ Lets Gods Will be done In Our Lives ❤. Do not Be Afraid , God is with Us
I feel worried that I have a calling to the priesthood or religious life because I am 26 and cant find a good woman to marry. Im always getting rejected and I want a family of my own.
Thank you his Lordship. I'm encouraged
I keep coming back to considering being a nun, as a new convert (2017), but I'm 41, and have some major health issues, including fibromyalgia. Perhaps being a lay contemplative would be a better fit? Not sure.
Take a step, nothing is impossible if it God's will. Will pray for you!!
You are clean sister. This is a call for all pedophiles to unite. Stay away and do good in your community.
@Mermaid I will pray for you and I sincerely hope that you will realize the truth - that priests who choose to harm young people are choosing to act by Satan's will, and that the church does not teach the evil that these priests are indulging in. Nor does it teach the evil that the bishops who seek to cover up such horrid acts are indulging in. I will pray for God to show you that the life of the priesthood, when lived correctly, is meant to glorify God, not spit in His face. God bless.
God has a plan! If you haven't worked it out yet, keep on praying!
@Caitlin There is no biblical calling for catholic priesthood. Neither are there nuns in the good book. The roman catholic system goes against nearly everything that commands. As long as you have faith in Him and Trust Him whole heartedly and Believe in Him, you are good. No need for rome and its strange practices
I have been feeling this calling. Lord I make myself available to you, to Glorify you.
Thank you Archbishop!!
Thank you for the lovely message. You ignited the little spark again. Well spoken too.
Thank you very much for the wonderful video
Thank you, so much bishop for the words of encouragement.
I’m fourteen years old and I’m gonna take confirmation this year, so me, together with brethren, went to a camp for four days (well more like retreat )regarding this sacrament......we were doing praise and worship there, (there were a lot of souls who were converted and realise God’s love for them) after I come back to home I was filled with Holy Spirit and decided to make the decision of being a priest, what I also knew that it was a calling by God rather than a decision by me as Jesus says “You did not choose me, but I chose you”...... I thank the Lord in this moment
I also thank Archbishop Sample for praying for us (me and all those souls who choose priesthood as their vocation)........
I'm also in confirmation right now,and I had 2 encounters with God and through those encounters I now realized that he wants me to be a priest
Yeah man, I'm 14 too and I think I might be going through the same moment. God bless you and I hope you fulfill your vocation.
Thank you his grace, pls pray for me
God bless you Bishop🙏🏻❤️
Thank you and God bless you Archbishop🙏
I have watched the video I'm trusting God that I will one day come back here to give testimony
Many THANKS.....💞
Thankyou
Pray for me my brothers because everytime the devil is tempting me to do evil and im afraid that ive committed a graveful sin that's why i want to change my life i want to be sorrounded by good people.. and this is the reason that i want to be a priest i want to be free from sins that is sorrounding me, i dont want this kind of evil life that is why i want to a priest to glorify our God and to serve him gratefully..
I'm reaaaaly getting into that and it's a thing I'm strongly considering since like 2019
Yes please
A very powerful message to someone like me who wanna go for a priestly vocation, to take heed the call of the Lord ,"Come and Follow Me".
Hope I can find my sponsors for it. 😢
I'd love to be a Franciscan but God have mercy on my wretched sinful soul id cry if I ever became one and probably get lost and end up homeless and die of loneliness and deep agony. 😭 I love my Lord my Father too much I'd take my cross until it crushed the last breath of air inside me just to know and see my Fathers Paradise
Amen
Plss pray for me I'm an x-seminarian and I want to go back to pursue my vocation 😊
thank youu
The Preparation [of a priest for Holy Mass] is remote and immediate; the remote consists in the *pure and virtuous life,* which should be led by the Priest, in order that he may celebrate worthily. Therefore, his *acts,* his *words,* his *thoughts* should *breathe of purity, that he may be fit to celebrate with proper dispositions.* If he who handled the sacred vessels of old should be pure, *how much more so must the Priest be, who bears in his hands and in his breast the Incarnate Word of God?* This purity of life consists, first, *in preserving himself undefiled from every sin, not only mortal,* as he is necessarily bound to-but also, to secure greater purity, *every deliberate venial sin,* and even from *every affection to venial sin;* and secondly, it consists in applying himself *most diligently* and *constantly to the acquisition of every virtue.* “Qui justus est, justificetur adhuc, et sanctus, sanctificetur adhuc” (Apoc. xxii. ii).
(Introduction to The Sacred Ceremonies of Low Mass, Rev. Felix Zualdi, CM)
I once went to Texas because I wanted to be close to a man I met online. We never really got closer after that in person meeting. Maybe I didn’t pray well enough or have the right experience for a job at 22 years old, it still feels weird that I am getting the same call to Texas even singing country songs without hearing the tune in a long time at 36 years old.
I want to be a priest but I have a disability called Aspergers Syndrome so I don't know if a seminary would accept me plus I'm on meds for my disability anyway pray for me.
What’s the song called at the beginning of the video?
Bishop I have the vocation and I am working to join seminary this year pray for me . My all works are going well even my contacting with the seminary is going well with any hurdles . Please pray for me a lot my name is Vivian Ilyas.
Yes bhisap plzzz pray for me
Anybody else cry?
PLEASE!!!!! DO YOU HAVE A LINK TO THE SONG AT THE BEGINNING. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
thank you for this video. I got a letter today from my local priest to go to the seminary camp this summer. now it's had me thinking more cause recently my original plan for a job later has changed and I'm wondering if I should take a religious route. I do feel very close to God and sometimes also close to sometimes feel the devil but I'm definitely going to the camp this july!
Hebrews 7 v 26-28 “For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily like those high priests to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. Because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son made perfect forever.” The operative word is “once.” One sacrifice. There is no need for daily offering of sacrifices. Any sacrifices being made today are unbiblical and unable to accomplish anything. Any priests today are false claimants to a special priesthood, a special order of priests, since now we are all priests. We are a royal priesthood, all believers. We need no mediator; we all have immediate access to God. We need to make no sacrifices because there is no temple, there are no altars, there are no sacrifices, and we are not in need of any priests.
I’m wanting to become a monk first then priest
Father, I need help. The sins of lust corrupt me, how can I discern the priesthood with all this corruption constantly attacking me and winning?
Pray three Hail Marys for purity every morning and night.
Here is an excellent video on the topic of chastity and lust:
ruclips.net/video/w_UWskdcsyg/видео.html
Prayer for Purity, the Raccolta, indulgenced by Pius IX, February 26, 1862.
O Jesus, son of the living God, brightness of eternal light, who from all eternity wast begotten most pure in the bosom of the Eternal Father, and who in time didst will to be born of a most pure and immaculate Virgin, I, thy Creature full of infirmity, beg of Thee, with all my heart, to preserve me pure in mind and body; and do Thou cause to be renewed most abundantly in thy holy Church the virtue of holy purity for thy greater glory and the salvation of the souls Thou hast redeemed.
O most pure and ever-immaculate Virgin Mary, Daughter of the Eternal Father, mother of the Eternal Son, and spouse of the Holy Spirit, august and living temple of the most adorable Trinity, lily of purity and mirror without stain, obtain for me, dear mother, I beseech thee, from the good Jesus, purity of mind and body, and beg of Him to cause this beautiful virtue to flourish more and more among all classes of the faithful.
O most chaste Spouse of Mary Immaculate, glorious St. Joseph, who didst merit to receive from God the singular privilege of being the reputed Father of Innocence itself, Jesus Christ, and spotless guardian of the Virgin of virgins, obtain for me, I beseech thee, the love of Jesus, my Savior and God, and the special protection of Mary my most blessed Mother; grant, O blessed Joseph, protector of all chaste souls, that this thy beloved virtue of holy purity may be better loved by me and by all men.
And St Bernadine of Siena, thou who didst so deeply love Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, my special advocate and example, model of Christian modesty, restorer in our times of piety and holy living, present my prayers, I beseech thee, to the Holy Family, and implore that, together with piety and the fear of God, holy purity of soul and body may reign in all Christian families and in all children of our mother, the holy Catholic Church. Amen.
Had 4 years in jesuit school but fell into a vacuum afterwards
I've thought about it but i just don't know how to become a priest
What do you suggest for those of us who feel called to religious life but can't join a congregation due to health problems?
Sometimes waiting becomes tough
Thank you but am afraid am 18 i just finished school but am still thinking.
I don't know, I'm still afraid to answer the call. I'm sorry...
Can you help me if i am really have a call im still confused.....
To become a priest is not easy....
I dont want to mix with my personal problem... Or just to say i was force to...
In this world full of material things.. I cant still find peace and true happiness...
I feel God’s call but it’s come so late. I’m turning 33 in a few months and I’d be 39 by the time I finished seminary! That’s so late to be starting over
If God is sending signs to you, ask your local priest/deacon, it’s been 5 months, but if your still confused I hope this helps!
Fr could you please help us by becoming a spiritual father for us
Hello! Could you please tell me the name of the musical track you played at the end - as in, what is the name of the track, which album and who is the singer/artist/band, etc.?
Thank you very much and God bless you for your good work.
Would the Catholic Church be open to a man with sciatica becoming a priest? I’m limited, but I can manage
God calls me to be a priest
Is religious life for me? i am 24 years old. there is a voice in my ears all the time. I am very sensitive and i get overwhelmed by things. I do enjoy learning about people and i am always talking about compassion and love. perhaps God wants me to be nun. i thought i was crazy listening to voices, but maybe is something supernatural. I am doing geometry and my mind kept having thoughts so i googled this question. and the voices stopped. so i see i am called to the religious life because i am slow. i am not afraid but i just want to keep doing things, but i feel probably because even my mom told me i should go to a convent. i am getting sick of this voices. probably i am called to be a nun or at least try visiting convents but i do not know to drive. so i go crazy.
Linens - cufflinks - sumptous foods - finely tailored italian suits ...
Am an ex seminarian I want to join fr.. Again.. I feel I have the call.. From God... Can you help me... Please
Take a year or so to live in communion with other priests. Not only will it do good to yourself as you discern, but you'll have the constant advice of people who live the priesthood.
God Bless!
So why nobody answer me?
Dear father, Im interested to join seminary. Franciscan society. But I'm not sure that I'm done. When confess my sins I don't get the feeling. I think I'm Impure. Some of my friends join seminary. But they can't continue to full fill their path. That's why I'm still afraid to join seminary.
I am 30 years old ...I am confused.
Just a random question. Does God forces us in any way into priesthood ?
I am going into the army and after I get out I will have free college and am thinking about being a priest what would I need to do to get there
Study medical course and be a Camillian friar.
Hello, I'm glad that my identity is somehow hidden in here so I would like to have some advise from you guys.
Priesthood is something that I think I maybe called, i've been thinking about it for more that a year now but I don't know if God is really calling me, what if I fail and turn into a man who is not worthy to celebrate the Holy Eucharist? I don't even know if I'm worthy enough to be a priest. I'm really confused.
But what if God is really calling me and I didn't do what he calls me to do (Priesthood)? How do I know?
Please reach out to your parish priest or diocesan priestly vocations coordinator
WHERE are they? I've never known. St. Richard.
i want to become priest...but the community I wan't to enter in (SSPX) don't want of me... what should I do
Study any medical course and be a Camillian friar.
@Ryan Sheridan I appealed to the Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP), their response is positive, I normally enter the seminary next year.
I feel like I'm called to a consecrated life but I'm a Protestant, I go to an AG Church and we don't have anything like consecrated life. I've considered becoming a Roman Catholic but I don't really know, I'm confused.. God bless!
Come home my friend!
@@ryanpatrickjones5147 sorry?
If you feel called to the Catholic Church but aren’t sure, perhaps read some of the work of the saints. I’d recommend Edith Stein who went from being Jewish to Atheist to Catholic and then became a carmelite nun who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Powerful conversion story though.
@@impasse0124 thank you so much, i've been doing some research, i'm going to a local catholic church this sunday.
Elias that’s wonderful, I’ll say a prayer for you to know where the Lord is guiding you.
The Church needs holy, devout, orthodox, straight (not homosexual or other deviant) men who love Her traditions and value Her treasures. We've had enough liberal deviant men ruin the Church and the priesthood.
What does one do with a call after a life of sin? In your 40s, with tattoos... Its disheartening to feel that I may have missed my call earlier. I see it now but its too late.
Richard none of us are good enough for the high office of priesthood but as the Archbishop said, do not be afraid. Read Acts 9, and God called Saul.
It's never too late. Fulfill it to whatever degree that you can. If you were called to the priesthood and are now married, consider the diaconate and speak with your pastor or spiritual director, or diocesan vocations director, about it and "take a step". If you are married but were called to the consecrated life, consider the a Third Order Religious group for lay people, like the Tertiary or Third Order Franciscans, maybe join with your wife (or at least get her consent, as your spouse). If you're not married, then talk to your spiritual director or diocesan vocations director and they will help you discern and figure out where God is calling you--whether to marriage, consecrated life, priesthood, hermitage, underwater basket weaving--whatever it may be. God loves you, wants the best for you, and you will be happiest doing what you were created and born to do. If you need some help contact the right directors mentioned above, message me back and I'll help you find the right people in your diocese through RUclips's messaging platform, and I'll get you the contact information so you call and ask them some questions, whether over the phone or over coffee. Don't neglect God's calling to the degree that you can fulfill it--God can open the door, and you'll be inexpressibly glad that you did. Please pray for me as I continue on the path of the same--whatever it is God is calling me to do. --God be with you all the more!
Don't worry, I pursued the religious life when I was 16, and at 22, in need of support, finally convinced of my vocation to religious life and priesthood, and struggling with a back injury that was neglected by my superiors, I was thrown out in violation of Canon Law. I was never instructed on my rights or legal recourse as a religious under Canon Law, so I was helpless. Meanwhile, a 40 year-old classmate was just ordained a priest last year at age 45, because he was experienced with corruption and wise in his dedication, and navigated the minefield. You have a better chance, and I am left with the trauma, haunted by a peace and happiness that I can't separate from betrayal, and now I will never be a priest or religious, because my trust is broken. You are much better off than I am, the grass is not greener. If you really want to go for it, you can, and it won't ruin your ability to be a religious, if not a priest.
Natalia Marcondes God did not do that to me. I don't blame him. He gives everyone free will and does not prevent the consequences of free choices out of respect for that. He did not purify Japanese civilians in the fires of the Hiroshima blast that incinerated them without warning - he did not cause the blast - the free choices of others did. I am much more fortunate than they are, but what happened to me is the fault of those who had the power to wrong me, just as it is with them. Our decisions matter, and God can resolve things if we give him the ability to act in our own lives, but he doesn't cause or fix our problems - that is a misinterpretation of Christian teaching - the very one that allowed the manipulators into my life who hurt me in this way. Maybe God will reward me for trying to serve him while others threw me off that path. Maybe I won't let him. I would not assume that everything will work out in the end.
All of Christ's followers are priests of Christ. That was why St Peter in his epistle 1 Peter 2:9 said "You are a royal priesthood and a holy nation". That is why the Book of Revelation 1:6 says "You (Christ) made them kings and preists of God. If these Catholic clergy says that only they are priests of Christ, that is big lie. All those who are followers of Christ Jesus are His priests. What is holy mass? What is its purpose? What does a catholic priest do in this mass? What happens in the mass? Is it a sacrifice? Not at all. After the one and only perfect sacrifice of our High Priest Jesus on the Cross at the Calvary, all masses/sacrifices came to an end. He does not die once again. He died only once. There is no purpose in any masses these catholic priests perform now. Jesus cannot be offered as a sacrifice now. These are all just lies of the Catholic church. This mass is only a drama staged by a catholic priest with his co actors and all those who attend it are just spectators of this meaningless drama. Nothing else. In my life, as a Catholic once, I must have participated thousands of masses, and nothing happened in my life because of those masses.
The early christians were accused of being cannibals because they believed Jesus was on the Eucharist . Read the church fathers instead of protestants who didn't exist until 1500s
I do not feel worthy of anything especially not of this….
I feel worried that I have a calling to the priesthood because I am 26 and cant find a good woman to marry. Im always getting rejected and I want a family of my own.
Creepy guy !
No i dont have a calling im not sick like you
I'm 15 years old
I have this feeling that I could not explain to anyone
Wanting to serve God but I'm afraid that I have the wrong interpretation or it is just coming at first emotionally. I'm afraid of Everything of losing my family or taking the vows of Poverty of helping other people. I want to but I'm afraid
Pray for me my brothers because everytime the devil is tempting me to do evil and im afraid that ive committed a graveful sin that's why i want to change my life i want to be sorrounded by good people.. and this is the reason that i want to be a priest i want to be free from sins that is sorrounding me, i dont want this kind of evil life that is why i want to a priest to glorify our God and to serve him gratefully..