4588686 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1338437384' post='2438453'] You know, perhaps if you were nicer people would take you seriously as a scholar. Burn. [/quote] We don't take Jaime serious as a Scholar due to the pro-Nazi 'literature' he passed around during the meet-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1338446095' post='2438572'] I wonder if there is anybody here who didn't want to be a priest at 15. I did. [/quote] I wanted to be a priest in 4th grade. I told my mom that I wanted to be a priest for a few years, then get married. My mom just kinda looked at me like I was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='HisChildForever' timestamp='1338445716' post='2438565'] I used to be completely turned off by the idea of marriage and then God gave me two things - my boyfriend and a slap upside the head. [/quote] Like the old saying goes. You want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. On my 39th birthday, I decided if I have not met my wife by age 40 I will fully discern the priesthood. I always knew I am called to be a father...one way or another. BOOM! I was married 13 months later and now a father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1338462298' post='2438607'] I wanted to be a priest in 4th grade. I told my mom that I wanted to be a priest for a few years, then get married. My mom just kinda looked at me like I was weird. [/quote] She was thinking "God, this child is ugly..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) priest or marriage, either way iz beutiful. I guess if you do become a priest your wife will be the holy mother. And if you get married your wife will be your holy wife if she is as ferverant a christian catholic as yourself or possibly if the lords will iz marriage for you possibly a year or 2 of dating someone whom iz luke warm and you could fire up some coals that are yet to become a blaze. God bless you and your journey bro as long as i'm here and your here you can hit me up whenever. That reminds me of the orchard owner and the fruit tree that didn't bear fruit for the first two years and how he dug around one more year, possibly that has to do with boyfriend girlfriend journey toward marriage. Oh and i guess i gotsta plug tha holy mother too, she iz the immaculate conception guiding us in the right direction to tha sacred heart its not only art with her you can kick tha quijah out of wall mart with patience,faith,love and peace giving hope to the streets one soul at a time and thats the end of this rhyme lol P.S. in australia we would call you ridgy didge or fair dinkum, coz your honest to tha core. I said it once before and imma say it again, honesty gets us half way to heaven and God the rest of the way.(don't ever quote me on that unless you ask 3 different priests to reflect the trinity about there opinion of this saying and that it is at least above 50 percent nothing contrary to faith and morals,and if it is less than possibly some tweeking will fix dat lol) aight bless. Edited May 31, 2012 by Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 You have so much time, FP. You really, really, do. Nowhere does it say that you [i]must [/i]enter seminary right after high school. Nowhere does it say that you [i]must [/i]enter after college/military/live-in volunteer/etc. Nowhere does it say you have to enter at all! You have time to really discern God's will in your life, and I think that is important. Some of the best priests I know are "late" vocations! A Jesuit novice I met went to college and worked in youth ministry before entering. My priestfriend got a degree in Math before he entered. The priest who baptized me entered WAY after college (he is also an AMAZING dancer). My high school biology teacher entered a monastery after time in the military. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1338479534' post='2438686'] Some of the best priests I know are "late" vocations! A Jesuit novice I met went to college and worked in youth ministry before entering. My priestfriend got a degree in Math before he entered. The priest who baptized me entered WAY after college (he is also an AMAZING dancer). My high school biology teacher entered a monastery after time in the military. [/quote] My SD was a "late" vocation. He's 47 and just got ordained last spring! He said to me once, "If God wants you, no one will have you. You can play in the rain all you want, but God will have you in the end." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1338462298' post='2438607'] I wanted to be a priest in 4th grade. I told my mom that I wanted to be a priest for a few years, then get married. My mom just kinda looked at me like I was weird. [/quote] The priest at the parish I grew up in was married, and studying to be a permanent deacon when his wife passed away, so the Bishop asked if he would consider becoming a priest, which he did, in his late 50s. In one of his homilies, he was talking about doing the interviews with the kids before they made first communion. One little boy told him, "Father, I want to be just like you!" And Father thought, "Wow, he wants to be a priest. Good." And then the little boy continued on, "I want to get married, and when my wife dies, I want to be a priest!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1338479534' post='2438686'] You have so much time, FP. You really, really, do. Nowhere does it say that you [i]must [/i]enter seminary right after high school. Nowhere does it say that you [i]must [/i]enter after college/military/live-in volunteer/etc. Nowhere does it say you have to enter at all! You have time to really discern God's will in your life, and I think that is important. Some of the best priests I know are "late" vocations! A Jesuit novice I met went to college and worked in youth ministry before entering. My priestfriend got a degree in Math before he entered. The priest who baptized me entered WAY after college (he is also an AMAZING dancer). My high school biology teacher entered a monastery after time in the military. [/quote] Oh, I know. I may or may not enter Seminary right away. After all, I have to convince the Diocese I'm mentally stable first! But joking aside, this is simply what I think I am supposed to do. If I don't think this at the time I obviously won't. After all, it never hurts to get some world experience before becoming a Priest in case you have parishioners like Kujo, and maybe even some dating experience so no one can throw the "How would you know how tough this is?" card at me. I love how people think for some reason that being a Priest is the easiest job in the world compared to having a relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyAnn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1338483235' post='2438703'] Oh, I know. I may or may not enter Seminary right away. After all, I have to convince the Diocese I'm mentally stable first! But joking aside, this is simply what I think I am supposed to do. If I don't think this at the time I obviously won't. After all, it never hurts to get some world experience before becoming a Priest in case you have parishioners like Kujo, and maybe even some dating experience so no one can throw the "How would you know how tough this is?" card at me. I love how people think for some reason that being a Priest is the easiest job in the world compared to having a relationship. [/quote] The priest at my old parish always had a very good answer for people who asked him how he could help married people when he wasn't married. He would reply "you only have experience of [i]your own[/i] marriage, I have experience of [i]hundreds[/i] of marriages." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1338483917' post='2438705'] The priest at my old parish always had a very good answer for people who asked him how he could help married people when he wasn't married. He would reply "you only have experience of [i]your own[/i] marriage, I have experience of [i]hundreds[/i] of marriages." [/quote] Priest burn. That's just about the most wicked burn there is, except of course for the Pope burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1338483235' post='2438703'] Oh, I know. I may or may not enter Seminary right away. After all, I have to convince the Diocese I'm mentally stable first! But joking aside, this is simply what I think I am supposed to do. If I don't think this at the time I obviously won't. After all, it never hurts to get some world experience before becoming a Priest in case you have parishioners like Kujo, and maybe even some dating experience so no one can throw the "How would you know how tough this is?" card at me. I love how people think for some reason that being a Priest is the easiest job in the world compared to having a relationship. [/quote] You would do a great disservice to yourself and your vocation if you didn't go out into the wild for a bit. Think of it as a Catholic version of the A[color=#282828]mish or [/color][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]Mor[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828]mon[/color][color=#282828] tradition of allowing young adults to go out into the secular world and experience stuff for a bit before [/color][color=#282828]making their choice whether to stay in the co[/color][color=#282828]m[/color][color=#282828]munity or leave to be out in society. If all, or [/color][color=#282828]most of your experiences are fro[/color][color=#282828]m only one particular area of your life, you li[/color][color=#282828]mit yourself and your worldview to the rough equivalent of your backyard. Go to [/color][color="#282828"]Cambodia! Date a red head! Get drunk at a night club! None of these things would deter fro[/color][color=#282828]m your discern[/color][color=#282828]ment, but they'd be fun and re[/color][color=#282828]move the stresses that self-serious folks like yourself tend to have.[/color] [color=#282828]And hey, I consider it an honor to break your cajones now so that you'll be better suited for tough-nosed jerks like [/color][color=#282828]me in the future.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='kujo' timestamp='1338486630' post='2438734'] You would do a great disservice to yourself and your vocation if you didn't go out into the wild for a bit. Think of it as a Catholic version of the A[color=#282828]mish or [/color][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]Mor[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828]mon[/color][color=#282828] tradition of allowing young adults to go out into the secular world and experience stuff for a bit before [/color][color=#282828]making their choice whether to stay in the co[/color][color=#282828]m[/color][color=#282828]munity or leave to be out in society. If all, or [/color][color=#282828]most of your experiences are fro[/color][color=#282828]m only one particular area of your life, you li[/color][color=#282828]mit yourself and your worldview to the rough equivalent of your backyard. Go to [/color][color=#282828]Cambodia! Date a red head! Get drunk at a night club! None of these things would deter fro[/color][color=#282828]m your discern[/color][color=#282828]ment, but they'd be fun and re[/color][color=#282828]move the stresses that self-serious folks like yourself tend to have.[/color] [color=#282828]And hey, I consider it an honor to break your cajones now so that you'll be better suited for tough-nosed jerks like [/color][color=#282828]me in the future.[/color] [/quote] I'm not sure about the getting drunk part since that is a sin to my knowledge, and (No offense) I don't normally like red heads, but I'll take your advice. Some people are called to go in right away as we can see with some Saints, others had lots of world experience before they entered as we can see with other Saints. It all depends on what I decide to do when the time comes, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) Some redheads are average, but there is an ultra-rare breed of redhead that would CLEAN YOUR FREAKING CLOCK. I didn't believe it until I saw one of these super-women myself. Don't put the collar on until you've seen one. Edited May 31, 2012 by USAirwaysIHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1338487037' post='2438743'] I'm not sure about the getting drunk part since that is a sin to my knowledge, and (No offense) I don't normally like red heads, but I'll take your advice. Some people are called to go in right away as we can see with some Saints, others had lots of world experience before they entered as we can see with other Saints. It all depends on what I decide to do when the time comes, I suppose. [/quote] 1) There's nothing sinful about occasionally imbibing large quantities of one beverage or another. 2) Every male ought to experience the sweet chaos that is a red-headed woman. 3) The young saints you speak of grew up in a different time. No need to walk in other people's footprints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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