Posted on 09/19/2009 8:41:46 PM PDT by Salvation
Do you appreciate your priest?
If every Parishoner took this year seriously and did something nice and supportive for their Priest it would be a year for the Priests to remember and a strength to go forward with knowing that they are not alone in the fight!
Blessings
Mel
Amen!
I can honestly and without hesitation say all C’s for me. Most of you on these threads already know my middle son is entering seminary next fall to become a priest. It has been what I consider, the greatest gift I have ever received to give him to Christ. Be a C!
BTTT
Being widowed, I could not answer the one about having a priest for dinner. I just don’t put myself or my priest in that situation.
When I was a child, however, we always had the priest and/or the nuns for dinner.
In fact, as a child, I declared to the priest that I couldn’t attend my parents’ wedding because I had to stay in the car. LOL!
This would be a good place to ask for prayers for my priest, he is undergoing radiation for some cancer that they couldn’t get all of in surgery. He has it on Tuesdays and I think he must be getting a major dose. On Wednesdays he can barely put one foot in front of the other.
Last Thursday he came out of daily mass and he was very upset and as he walked by me he said he’d like to talk to me. By the time I got into his office he was in tears! He was worried about every little thing in the world and I told him that if ever there was a time to “Let go and let God”, now was the time.
He had 2 surgeries in less than a month, he has to drive 2 hours to get to the hospital and 2 hours back and it is “kicking his ass” (yep, I really said that! to him!) He won’t let anyone drive him and I have personally offered but I’m thinking soon he will.
But anyway, he could sure use some extra prayers.
Maybe if two of you offer to drive him to his appointment he will accept.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2343976/posts?page=8#8
Prayer Ping for a priest, everyone!
Hah!
I’m taking mine out for a hamburger this Friday (if he doesn’t have a funeral Mass to say)
Prayers up!
I mean this has a GOOD thing, I adore my pastor.
I just thought this post was very coincidental with my taking him out to lunch once his schedule and mine permits.
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Invite the priest over when you are having a dinner party. We invite our pastor over when we have birthday parties for the kids etc.
Hamburger on Friday?
HE suggested it, not me, LOL! :)
I invited my husband but he said that if I wanted to talk *personal things* with my priest, he wanted to respect my privacy. How many times will a husband say that? :)
My priest is old enough to be my dad...he reminds me of my dad who lives out of town so Fr gets to be the substitute. :)
In some cases, I can only answer “d: None of the Above”.
That’s sad. Is your priest close to retiring?
4) I see my priest as ...
Yes, technically they're all alter Chrisus ... but some of them are also hazards to be avoided at all cost. (No, I'm not making a cheap shot.) Any Catholic in America who hasn't heard blatant heresy preached from the pulpit over the past forty years is either singularly fortunate or hasn't been paying attention.
6) When I hear a priest give a homily ...
I've learned to listen carefully, and weigh what is being preached against what I know the Church to teach. Sometimes it's incredibly inspired. Sometimes, it's a mess ... and while God can turn all things to good, sometimes He does so by pointing out a bad example.
7) When a collection is taken up for seminaries ...
I make darn sure it's a good seminary, before I give them a penny. I don't support "Pink Palaces", and neither should anyone else.
8) When I see an elderly priest ...
I have to wonder ... forty years ago, was he a young radical architect of chaos? If he was ... perhaps we should be praying for his repentance.
9) When I see a young priest ...
Sorry, even answer "c" is inadequate. I've been praying for good priests for the better part of forty years. Much of the current crop of kids coming out of the seminaries are literally an answer to prayers.
To answer your question: my (gepgraphical) pastor is middle-aged, as is our "late vocation" associate. The priests at the various parishes I attend for daily Mass or consequent to business travel range from mid twenties to late sixties.
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