Posted on 07/04/2005 3:21:18 PM PDT by NYer
Thanks for posting this. I just printed it for my 16 year old who is considering a vocation.
Please pray for him.
He's be added to my prayer list. May he discern the will of God and follow that call.
Priceless!
What a wonderful story.
Not NFL, but thought you'd like to see it.
agreed thanks for the ping:-)
Please take this in the right spirit--
The priesthood is a vocation, not a career, strictly speaking. Although there are "career" aspects to it--such as assignments in various places with various emphases, it's much deeper than that.
Ordination leaves an indelible mark on the soul, like Confirmation and Baptism.
The reason I'm so sensitive about this is that many OTHER people, when thinking of "career," then proceed to "job." And these folks (often ordained priests) think that the "job" is like others: 9 to 5, 5 days/week, vacations, holidays...you know the drill...
Then they decide it's NOT part of their "job" to show up for late-night or weekend sick-calls, or that the Confession schedule is too lengthy and cuts into their free time, etc., etc.
Can't say I'd do that. Thanks for the ping.
Thank you dear lady from New York! I am very proud to say that our Knights of Columbus Council #10175 of Holy Sepulcher Parish in Butler County, PA, has lent financial and spiritual support to this wonderful seminarian. We have met him personally and we are very grateful for his commitment to Christ.
Thank you for sharing the K of C participation in this young seminarian's calling, with all of us.
What a wonderful story.
No doubt.
Here's one case where this QB is going for the real "Hail Mary" play!
He plans to become a parish priest in the Pittsburgh area!
Ahhh... such wit!
How was your 4th?
Ours was great, and Santana was fantastic, albeit loud. We were 9 rows from the stage.
A very strong Catholic message came through in the concert, with images of Christ and Madonna on the jumbo trons.
I am a sophomore at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, IN, and I just returned from studying a semester in Rome. I went on and on about the wonderful young seminarians, deacons, and priests that we were able to learn from, so my dad looked up one of them and found this article. This article brought tears to my eyes. Fr. Joe is one of the best people I have met. He taught me, along with 40 other young women, so much about the love God has for us and so much more. I am so blessed to have been able to have Mass with him in St. Peter’s. I’m not sure if anyone will read this since this article is from 2005, but if you do, know that you have to meet Fr. Joe. He is a living witness to the fruits of God’s love and how fulfilling a religious vocation can be. We need to learn from priests and sisters like him since our society seems to look down on vocations for young people. Thank you Fr. Joe!!!
I am writing to infrom you guys that Fr. Joe is my new Parochial Vicar at my Parish. He is such a wonderful person and I am so blessed to meet such a fun, nice, and loving man of God. We have a wonderful friendship, and I consider him the brother I never had, haha. I look forward to meeting him every week and I learned a lot so far from him. He taught me about God’s dear love, and he is a great servant of our God. When he leaves, I am seriously going to be upset. But, if he ever does, I hope he shows the people he’ll be meeting the love and compassion he showed me. I hope someone comes across this some day. I hope someday you can meet Father Joe too, and see that he is a true man of God and his Word.
Attended Mass at St Paul’s Cathedral this AM. Fr Joe gave a wonderful sermon. God bless this good man.
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