VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD: WHY THE SHORTAGE? - Good Shepherd Sunday
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- For "Good Shepherd Sunday" Fr. Bill preaches on the reasons for the shortage of Priests and Religious Brothers and Sisters. How we Pray for Vocations may have a lot to do with it.
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Thank you Fr. Nicholas. May God Bless you and all that you do. ✝
Thank you blessed Father William for your guidance and teaching … my prayers from afar for you Father William for graces, virtue and to keep the faith 🕊️🌹🌹🌹
Amen Fr William. That was a beautiful sermon. I will pray for more vocations, as i always pray for all Church clergy and for the Pope Francis.
3 Hail Mary prayers for you.
Thank you 🙏
This is a disturbing , if there no Priests, there is no Mass! Oh God, we earnestly beseech thee to bless us with many priests,brothers and sisters to spend their entire lives to serve the Church. Thank Fr.Bill for sharing this Homily 🙏❤️
Greatful for your priesthood!
Wonderful homily, Father Bill. You are absolutely correct! I will pray that more men enter the priesthood and diaconate, but not me! Just kidding! At 51, I am considering it just because of the shortage and because some things I see in the Church fall short of my expectations. I'm not happy with things I see in the world. If not me, then who?
It's less painful pulling teeth than it is to get anyone in my parish to help with that, which needs to be done. When I entered the Church 7 years ago, we had a severe shortage of volunteers to teach religious education to high schoolers so they could receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, which most adults already enjoy. I started teaching as soon as I entered the Church and it has been rewarding. Between RCIA and teaching the class; I have learned so much and I am so thankful the Lord saw fit to put me in that situation. I still teach religious education to high schoolers because we still have a severe shortage of volunteers. But it's not just in religious education. It's a shortage of volunteers across the board! It's the same in our Knights council. We have over 200 members on the roster (we have to pay Supreme for every member), yet we have the same 15-20 men, who show up at meetings every month. It's these same 15-20 men, who volunteer to work every event because no one else will. It's very frustrating knowing there are all these men, who call themselves Knights, but don't act like it. There were actually talks of dissolving the council last year. We have the 11th oldest council in Texas.
I don't know how to address the problem. Our priest has mentioned the shortages in all areas multiple times, but it is like you said. Everyone seems to say, "But not me". I think I am going to send a message similar to what I am posting here to my priest and have him post it on the parish's Facebook page, if he doesn't think it's too harsh. If a priest asking multiple times for volunteers doesn't work, maybe something a little more stern that hits them in their conscious will work???? Anyone have any ideas? They are more than welcome!
Thank you for this video Fr , i needed it .