We had a visiting priest at our parish this past Sunday, a passionate and dynamic speaker with a passion for the priesthood.<\/p>\n
At one point during his homily, just when the boys\u2019 attention was beginning to wander, he smacked the pulpit with his open palm and shouted into the microphone, \u201cYoung men!\u00a0 I am speaking to you!\u00a0 God is calling you to the priesthood!\u00a0 His Church is crying out for you!\u00a0 You are called to be priests!\u201d<\/p>\n
My own young sons sat up a bit straighter, their attention focused completely on the pulpit.\u00a0 He went on to speak of the satisfaction and wonder of being a priest.\u00a0 He was selling it to both the boys in the pews and their parents. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou are called to be priests!\u201d\u00a0 His call was still in our ears as we walked to our car.\u00a0 I put my arm around my 10 year old and gave him a squeeze.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, you\u2019ve been called.\u201d\u00a0 I said casually (or not.) \u201cAre you going to answer the call?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I will,\u201d he responded, \u201cbut I was called a long time ago.\u201d\u00a0 He thought for a moment and smiled at me. \u201cFather was funny this morning yelling about it from the pulpit.\u00a0 He called us by yelling.\u00a0 When God calls you, He whispers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We had a visiting priest at our parish this past Sunday, a passionate and dynamic speaker with a passion for the priesthood. At one point during his homily, just when the boys\u2019 attention was beginning to wander, he smacked the pulpit with his open palm and shouted into the microphone, \u201cYoung men!\u00a0 I am speaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n