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7 Reasons To Be a Priest
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Posted on 01/11/2008 9:42:31 AM PST by NYer
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posted on
01/11/2008 9:42:33 AM PST
by
NYer
To: Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; Romulus; ...
Continued prayers for vocations.
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posted on
01/11/2008 9:44:00 AM PST
by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: NYer
Good article!
Christ instituted many sacraments throughout his life, but only one after his resurrection. That was the sacrament of confession, when he breathed on the Apostles and told them, Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven.I hadn't thought of this. I'll have to mention it when I cover the Sacraments with my Sunday School class.
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posted on
01/11/2008 9:53:07 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("Go ahead and water the lawn - my give-a-damn's busted.")
To: NYer
Doesn’t God already know who’s going to join the clergy and who’s not?
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posted on
01/11/2008 10:02:05 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: NYer
AND .....
The Retirement Plan is out of this world!
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posted on
01/11/2008 10:11:15 AM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: stuartcr
Maybe He knows that the prayers of the faithful are among the tools He will use to call them into the clergy ...
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posted on
01/11/2008 10:22:17 AM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: stuartcr
Ein sof.
"If I knew God I'd be Him."
I suspect He knows, but we all, being mortal, must yet listen for that "still small voice".
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posted on
01/11/2008 10:57:15 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: NYer
Fifth: To Be Like Mary.Mary was female and, thus, would never have been able to be a priest.
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posted on
01/11/2008 10:57:53 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Mad Dawg
Who knows for sure? Maybe it’s just pre-destined for them to become clergy?
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posted on
01/11/2008 11:12:27 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: onedoug
If He knows, then it must be just a matter of time for it to happen.
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posted on
01/11/2008 11:13:45 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: stuartcr
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posted on
01/11/2008 11:26:15 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: NYer
And dozens of reasons not to become a priest.
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posted on
01/11/2008 11:29:34 AM PST
by
Kevmo
(Duncan Hunter won't "let some arrogant corporate media executive decide whether this campaign's over)
To: MEGoody
"Mary was female and, thus, would never have been able to be a priest." This is true; yt all of us are called to be Mary-like: the listen with all humility and openness and availability to God; to "hear the Word and keep it," to carry Christrand bring Him forth for the salvation of the world.
It's part of the universalcall to holiness, becdause the really important and really interesting people in Catholicism are not the priests, nor the popes, but the Saints.
And look: if the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the Pope, which of the two would drop to their knees?
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posted on
01/11/2008 11:38:28 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Beauty demands as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness," Hans Urs von Balthasar)
To: onedoug
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posted on
01/11/2008 12:37:59 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: stuartcr; Mad Dawg
Maybe its just pre-destined for them to become clergy? God imbued man with free will. If the invitation is served, it is up to the recipient to accept or refuse.
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posted on
01/11/2008 4:19:03 PM PST
by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: stuartcr
Doesnt God already know whos going to join the clergy and whos not? As Catholics we believe that God gives us the gift of free will. From one moment to the next, we make choices that determine our destiny.
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:23:40 PM PST
by
Barnacle
("We need to move away from the Kennedy wing of the Republican party.” Duncan Hunter)
To: NYer; stuartcr
I guess I was saying that even if we're wrong about that, and the predestination gang is right, prayers seem to be something God wants and even something He uses in working His will.
And besides, bottom line, prayer is a means which God seems to use to bring us into accord with His will.
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:28:35 PM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: stuartcr
Doesnt God already know whos going to join the clergy and whos not?Of course, since He's omniscient; He knows who is going to respond to His call and who is going to reject it. Out of His great love for us, He gives us free will to respond or not.
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posted on
01/11/2008 6:38:37 PM PST
by
ducdriver
("Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance." GKC)
To: Kevmo
And dozens of reasons not to become a priest. I can give you a thousand earthly reasons.
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posted on
01/11/2008 7:17:17 PM PST
by
Barnacle
("We need to move away from the Kennedy wing of the Republican party.” Duncan Hunter)
To: NYer
I believe that God knows what we are going to do.
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posted on
01/11/2008 7:30:05 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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