Author Topic: A Calling to the Priesthood (Read 1385 times)

Lorenzo · « **on:** February 25, 2008, 03:58:39 PM »

Men - Think you might have a Calling to PRIESTHOOD ? Please talk to your Priest or Bishop and PRAY... I had the Calling but GOD moved me in a different direction, maybe HE has plans for you too.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2008, 03:59:41 PM »

Lyrics to the song: "Be Not Afraid"

1. You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst. You
shall wander far in safety though you do not know the way. You shall speak
your words in foreign lands and all will understand. You shall see the face
of God and live.

R. Be not afraid. I go before you always. Come follow me, and I will give
you rest.

2. If you pass through raging waters in the sea, you shall not drown. If
you walk amid the burning flames, you shall not be harmed. If you stand
before the pow'r of hell and death is at your side, know that I am with you
through it all.

3. Blessed are your poor, for the kingdom shall be theirs. Blest are you
that weep and mourn, for one day you shall laugh. And if wicked men insult
and hate you all because of me, blessed, blessed are you!

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2008, 09:51:36 AM »

A message for those who, in their hearts and inner feelings, feel a calling towards holy orders, to the priesthood or to the brotherhood. A message that might comfort you:

First of all, the question of weeping during prayer is a definite indication of deepened communion with God. Prayer with tears has been practiced by Orthodox monks and saints throughout the centuries. St. Paisius Velichkovsky, for example, is almost always depicted in his Icons with tears flowing down his cheeks. Once during his celebration of the Divine Liturgy, he had a vision of Christ and had to be actually pulled away from the altar with ropes. He then stood, motionless, in a corner, weeping for five hours. Whenever he prayed to the point of tears, that was when miracles occurred through his intercession.People of prayer who use the Jesus prayer and others in a heart-felt manner often feel compunction for their sins, or they may feel deep compassion for the suffering of others, or else they may experience amazement at the Loving-kindness of God in salvation history and Christ's sufferings for us on the Cross. All these experiences lead one into the state of tears and the Eastern Church Fathers have always encouraged it.

You should thank God for giving you this gift always. The calling to the Priesthood and how we recognize it is always a somewhat difficult matter. In the more rational Roman Catholic West, there have been quite fantastic.

We must remember that, as Christians, we are already members of Christ's Royal Priesthood as we are Members of the Body of our High Priest, Jesus Christ. We are called to live as Priests in fulfilling our Christian vocation in faith, hope and love. We offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Divine Liturgy (Let US stand etc. as the Priest sings), we have an obligation, as St. Petro Mohyla reminds us in his nine precepts of the Church, to pray for everyone and to ask for God's blessing on all creation etc. The ministerial Priesthood exists to help us fulfill our vocation as members of the Royal Priesthood. The Church is a society of priests who live in Christ.

To want to become a ministerial Priest is to want to serve Christ and His Church in this way. The simple desire to do so is something which is itself planted in our hearts by God. God doesn't force us to do anything, however. The Priest prays the Office and offers the Divine Liturgy not on his own behalf alone, but, first and foremost, for the entire Church. Also, the Priesthood is what you yourself make of it, your style of ministry and the people who would be blessed to have a deeply spiritual individual, like yourself, as their pastor and guide. We all rely on God's Grace, which is the Holy Spirit. If you want to become a Priest, you should investigate it, perhaps even spend some time in a seminary. But remember that you must come to rely even more on the strength and power of the Holy Spirit and you must continue to deepen your close relationship with Christ, the True Vine. It is God who calls us to ministry in the Priesthood and in other ministries to build up the Body of Christ which is the Church. The best way to strengthen ourselves to respond adequately to God's call is to cling in spirit to the Jesus Prayer, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner!"

http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/articles/alex_roman/calling.htm

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