Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: yldstrk
"..big deal a priest says three masses and baptizes a baby what happens the other 6 days of the week..."

Well, typically a CATHOLIC priest says two masses on Sunday, and one on each of the other days of the week, each of which require preparation of a sermon. Then there is visiting the sick and all the other sacraments to be administered to individuals, hearing confessions, and many, many, MANY other "priestly" (i.e. things only an anointed priest can do) duties. Then he also has to oversee the administration of a substantial budget, ride herd on the local Catholic school, and other non-priestly items. For the latter, he has some lay help and employees, but he still has supervisory responsibility for them, with all that that entails.

So I'd say you are completely ignorant on what a priest does. NOTE: my listing above is NOT comprehensive.

13 posted on 03/21/2013 4:37:46 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]


To: Wonder Warthog

I am a Catholic and very familiar with what a priest does, thank you very much. I am aware that there are many hardworking priests, but really, three masses and a baptism is nothing to what most people go through working a 40 hour job plus running a house, running kids, soing laundry etc. It ain’t the workload keeping people from becoming priests.


15 posted on 03/21/2013 5:38:57 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson