For A Friend Leaving The Novitiate

[laetitia crucis]

One of my good friends in university entered a religious Order in 2008 and will be leaving at the end of this month.

He believes he is not called to religious life, but instead to married life... though I must admit, I do wonder if those are just temptations given the somewhat secular environment he was in during formation. He has said for the past five years or so that he knows without a doubt that God is calling him to the priesthood.

Nonetheless, I know God will take care of him and guide him well.

I ask your prayers for his continued discernment, that he may be truly open to whatever Our Lord is calling him to, and at peace.