By: Barb Schoeneberger
The sacred priesthood is a vocation, a calling, not an occupation. I share Father’s sadness because, to become a priest a man passes through at least five years in the seminary, supposedly being tested...
View ArticleBy: evanscove
The priesthood/religious life is definitely a calling, not simply a career option. No one should be either pressured into entering holy orders or discouraged from doing so. That is strictly between an...
View ArticleBy: Christian
How should we feel when a priest decides to leave the priesthood? The way we should feel when a spouse decides to leave a marriage.
View ArticleBy: evanscove
I don’t feel I can share that sentiment. A priest’s decision to stop serving as a priest is between him and the Lord, so we shouldn’t judge. Perhaps there was never any calling on his life in the first...
View ArticleBy: What is a Vocation? | Suffering With Joy
[...] they are, are not, and how to discern one, prompted by a video and post at Evan’s Cove titled Monday Message. I hope readers will find this series useful whenever the subject of vocations comes...
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