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We're doing what every other parish is doing: praying. Ain't doin' much good is it?

The thing that works best is for priests to talk to young men who might be interested in the priesthood. I've talked to a couple in our parish, but they're not convinced the priesthood is not a haven for gays, and I can't reassure them to the contrary. They're taking a "wait-and-see" attitude while they get their college degrees. They also want to determine if lifelong celibacy is for them.

We've got four men in training for the permanent diaconate, however, all of whom I encouraged to check it out and consider it.

I have to chuckle when laymen come on here and dismiss the concerns of men who are actually IN the priesthood.

It's very easy to take shots at something you know nothing about.

We're doing what every other parish is doing: praying. Ain't doin' much good is it?

Hmmm.

...For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. James 5.16

Could it be a denial of grace as a chastisement because of the rampant faithlessness and apostasy of our clergy and laity? God has a history of doing this kind of thing you know. Forty years in the desert comes to mind.