Category: Vocation
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Today was a good day. I spent a few hours with some friends having lunch. I’m really thankful to God that I have a pretty good group of friends to spend time with. But I still feel a sense of longing and loneliness at times. I felt it last night at the New Year’s Eve…
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Moving Forward With Discernment
Lately I’ve felt drawn to two different vocations: marriage and the priesthood. My attraction to both of these vocations has only grown as I have healed from same-sex attraction and as I have grown in my relationship with the Lord. At the same time, I’ve been wondering when it would be appropriate, given my history…
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Some Thoughts About Vocations
For the past month or so, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what my vocation may or may not be. Actually, my discernment started several years ago, shortly after my confirmation. It all began with a pretty powerful experience at Eucharistic adoration and confession one night. It was the first time that I…
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An Eye-Opening Weekend
This weekend I went on a silent retreat at a local abbey. I was expecting it to be a guided retreat, with talks and reflections and things like that, but I was surprised to find out when I arrived that it would be an unguided retreat. At first I was a bit disappointed, but when…