& Call to Priesthood

(continued from last week)

If you look back once more, after Jesus said He will give Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and after Jesus died on the Cross and resurrected, it is then that Jesus asked Peter this question face to face. And now, over 2000 years later, in a different space and time, He gave you this thought to be His Priest, He showed you His greatest Love from the Cross and reminds you during every Mass you attended, with His glorious Body hidden in the Eucharist He comes to you and asks you: Do you love me?

Do not be afraid to give Him your love, since your love will not be an unrequited love, remember: you are already being loved with an everlasting love… If you are ever in doubt or have worries along the way, do not fear, because you will always have Our Lady who will support and protect you, call on Her, as She is your Heavenly Mother given by Our Lord, who has accompanied the Apostles in the Early Church. Jesus needs you, to work in His field to gather His 'harvest', in his pasture to feed His 'sheep', in His Church to nourish and strengthen His children with His Words, His Eucharist and His Sacraments.

Would you lend Him your lips, your hands, your feet?

You did not choose to have this Vocation, no, He chose you. You are chosen. He gave you this desire, this invitation, this thought in your heart; and He waits for your reply. "Come and see." "Follow Me."

Do not wait until you are 100% sure, do not wait until you think you are perfect. There is no such thing that you need to have the 'character of a Priest' in order to be a Priest, look at Jesus' disciples: they are people from all walks of life. Go now, and pursuit His Call. It is all worth it, because when Peter asked what will they get at the end after abandoning everything to follow Him, Jesus has promised that they will receive a hundredfold more and inherit eternal life. (Matthew 19:29)