I didn't make myself clear. I was referring to the permanent diaconate. Granted, it's not exactly like the priesthood, but its growth gives ample evidence that there is no shortage of Catholic men who are willing to serve the Church.
There is, however, a shortage of men who are willing to commit to celibacy as a prerequisite for service.
I know several men who are willing to make that commitment, but have been blackballed from the seminaries because the required psychological profile they had marked them as "rigid" or "intolerant" etc. in their attitudes and therefore unfit for pastoral service.
A strictly orthodox Catholic has to be a very deft conversationalist to get into most seminaries nowadays.