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“Ask a Priest: How can I fulfill my vocation while being homebound?”
Q: I am an older member of [the ecclesial movement] Regnum Christi, and due to physical limitations I am unable to participate in an apostolate or attend monthly and yearly retreats that are suggested for Regnum Christi members. RC Spirituality is a helpful resource, although I miss the interaction with ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I Reject a Call to a Vocation?”
Q: What happens when a person chooses another choice instead of what God wants? I have a calling to be married to Jesus and by answering this call, I will have to be single for the rest of my life. I have always wanted to get married and have a ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If Mom Opposes My Possible Vocation?”
Q: For a couple of months, I have been discerning a vocation to the priesthood, and I can now say that I do feel as though I have a vocation. My concern is that my mother is against me becoming a priest. I mentioned to her about my vocation and ...
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“Ask a Priest: Any Advice on Living as a Celibate?”
Q: I broke up with my girlfriend over several serious issues. Principally, it had to deal with differences of views surrounding homosexuality as well as the fact I could not shake off the desire for the priesthood, which I had been discerning previously and am currently back to doing so. ...
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“Ask a Priest: How Can We Recruit Priests for Our Parish?”
Q: We are a rural Catholic church in the South. As you can expect, we are having problems throughout the diocese in finding priests for our parishes. Our current pastor has about a year and a half left before he retires. We would like to attract a priest to pastor ...
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“Ask a Priest: Can you explain the connection between the priesthood, the Eucharist, and the Church?”
Q: For the past three Sundays our priest has asked us to pray for vocations to the priesthood and then said, “Without priests there is no Eucharist, and without the Eucharist there is no Catholic Church.” Please explain. Thank you. -K. Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC A: That is ...
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