I have broken my blogging fast to report on an extraordinary young man that I met this week.
He is the new(ish) curate in our local parish (the one whose Masses I do not attend as they are all Novus Ordo).
For a start, this young man looks like a priest.
He is well turned out; neatly groomed hair, polished shoes and......of course, you know what is to follow....he wears the collar and the black suit.
But I was even more impressed by his statement that he would never own up to being "busy" if asked by one of his parishioners.
"People will often not ask a busy priest to bring them the Last Rites or to hear their Confession" he told me.
"If anyone asks me if I am busy I always answer - just so,so"
Wise words from one so young.
I believe that this priest could well celebrate the Latin Trdentine Mass in the future, please remember him in your prayers.
He is the new(ish) curate in our local parish (the one whose Masses I do not attend as they are all Novus Ordo).
For a start, this young man looks like a priest.
He is well turned out; neatly groomed hair, polished shoes and......of course, you know what is to follow....he wears the collar and the black suit.
But I was even more impressed by his statement that he would never own up to being "busy" if asked by one of his parishioners.
"People will often not ask a busy priest to bring them the Last Rites or to hear their Confession" he told me.
"If anyone asks me if I am busy I always answer - just so,so"
Wise words from one so young.
I believe that this priest could well celebrate the Latin Trdentine Mass in the future, please remember him in your prayers.
