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I have been asked by several people over the years including just last year by a teacher from Seattle, WA if I have ever considered becoming a priest. My answer was ” Yes, I have always thought about it, but that the medical problems would most likely prevent it. I’ll explain in a moment, but first I will say that even when I was a child growing up I had thought about being a priest when I grew up. Here again though, thought that the medical problems would prevent it. The medical problems that I refer to are: Hydrocephalus(water on the brain) for which I am shunted. A shunt is a plastic piece of tubing that drains the fluid off the brain. The other thing is that I am on Seizure meds. I am 34.
Brasil, 23 de junho de 2009
Sou brasileiro, tenho 25 anos e sou ex-seminarista da diocese de Franca, estadop de São Paulo. Mesmo estando já fora do seminário por um periodo de quase três anos, ainda continuo sentindo fortemente o chamado de Deus para me consagrar com sacerdote de Sua Igreja. No momento estou trabalhando, contudo, estou disposto a dar o meu “sim”, independente do lugar para onde o Senhor queira que eu me vá.
Espero poder contar com ajuda de voces, e acredito que será de muito valor para meu discernimento vocacional.
Desde já agradeço pela atenção e espero poder eceber em breve alguma resposta de voces.
Paz e bem!!!
Rogério Herique Gomes
I used to be a seminarian. I almost got to the diaconate, but had to leave the seminary. I work as a university professor, but I am not very happy doing that.
Please, pray for me… I would like to know if the good Lord is calling me again.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
God bless you.
I setup a twitter account and blog to anonymously journal my discernment to the priesthood. Feel free to send prayers, post constructive comments, or just see what it is like to discern to be a priest. Thanks for your prayers.
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/discerncathlic
Blog:
http://discerningcatholic.blogspot.com
Hola
soy diacono ordenado hace mas de dos años pero estoy en retiro indefinido trabajando mientras reoriento mi vocacion y solicito oracion para discernir asi como entontrar un buen obispo que me acoja y respalde para continuar mi proceso vocacional en el lugar donde el Señor me inspire servirle.
Agradezco sus oraciones y contactos para continuar
Hola, estimado Obispo de Utrecht, usted me perdonará pero tengo entendido que como buen cristiano católico que soy, se que la Iglesia es universal y por eso mi osadía al escribirle para obtener una respuesta positiva o negativa en favor del bien de la Iglesia, de antemano un gran saludo en el nombre del Señor que el siga bendiciendo la labor pastoral suya y de la Iglesia entera que peregrina en Holanda y más en la Iglesia particular de Utrecht. Mi nombre es Luis Alejandro Barrera de nacionalidad colombiana de la costa norte de este país, tengo 26 años, y mi intención desde años atrás es seguir al Señor y responder a su llamada en el camino del Sacerdocio, pero usted se preguntará y porque escribe a estas tierras lejanas, pues mi deseo ha sido siempre el de ir a predicar el Evangelio a otras tierras ya que en mi país y en el resto del continente americano abundan vocaciones. y soy consciente de la situación que está pasando en esas tierras con la falta de sacerdotes y vocaciones para el anuncio del Evangelio de Cristo, le comento un pequeño resumen de mi experiencia; como le decía soy un joven que terminé mis estudios secundarios en el año 2001 y después de eso sentí el llamado del Señor a través de la parroquia donde asistía y viendo también el ejemplo del sacerdote cura párroco, pues en eso todavía estaba muy joven y el mundo me atraía mucho, luego de eso empecé a trabajar para mis gastos propios ya que provengo de una familia pobre y de escasos recursos, pero eso no me ha dado pie para descuidar el llamado que Cristo me hace al cual estoy decidido sin importar barreras ni distancia, soy el mayor de tres hermanos y vivo con mi madre y mis hermanos, luego me fui guiando por varios sacerdotes que me fueron indicando que era bueno buscar un seminario pero lo intente y no pude ingresar por mi situación económica, fue una experiencia hermosa, y luego con la ayuda de otro sacerdote me decidí mejor estudiar en la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana de Quito-Ecuador el bienio filosófico y dos años de Teología estos estudios los realicé como laico a la misma vez que trabajaba, es decir según el pensum académico que tengo y equiparándome con algunos estudios eclesiásticos me faltaría unas materias teologicas según lo exige el CIC, eso es por un lado ya que el sacerdote que me colaboró con estos estudios no pudo seguirme ayudando, y trabajar para esto no me alcanzaba el tiempo ni el dinero, ya que es imposible conseguir trabajo para terminar este estudio, pero no quiero que tome esto como una salida a mi decisión sino que creo que ya es hora de ir buscando un lugar en la Iglesia donde me pueda comprometer más activamente con el anuncio del Evangelio y donde se pueda concretizar mas mi vocación y estoy convencido que el camino es en una diócesis o donde el Señor así lo disponga y me ha llamado mucho la atención este mensaje suyo y estoy decidido si así se presenta a dar y desgastar mi vida por el reino de Cristo, pues de la Diócesis le comento que conozco poco solo a través de este medio el internet, pues se ven y se entienden muchas cosas ósea de la pagina web y de la Diócesis. Yo de ingles no sé nada pero nunca es tarde para aprender Este es mi correo y pienso que nos estaremos comunicando.
Un abrazo grande en Cristo.
Luis Alejandro
Hello, dear Bishop of the diocese of Utrecht, you’ll forgive me but I understand that as a good Christian Catholic I am, is that the Church is universal and therefore my boldness in writing to obtain a positive or negative response for the good of the Church, a great greeting beforehand in the name of the Lord that the ministry continue to bless the work you and the entire pilgrim Church in Holland and in particular the Church of Utrecht. My name is Luis Alejandro Barrera of Colombian nationality of the northern coast of this country, I am 26 years old and my intention for years is to follow the Lord and respond to your call in the priesthood, but you ask and because he writes to these distant lands, for my desire has always been to go and preach the gospel to other lands because in my country and the rest of the Americas abound vocations. and I am aware of the situation is happening in these lands with the lack of priests and vocations to the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ, I explain a little summary of my experience, as I said I am a young man I finished my secondary school in the year 2001 and after that I felt the call of the Lord through the parish where he was attending and seeing the example of the priest also parish priest, for that means he was still very young and the world attracted me much, after that I started working for my expenses own and I come from a poor family and poor, but that has led me to neglect Christ’s call to me which I am determined regardless of barriers or distance, I’m the oldest of three children and live with my mother and my brothers, then went guided by several priests were saying I was good for a seminar but I could try and enter at my financial situation was a beautiful experience, and then with the help of another priest I decided better to study in Salesian Polytechnic University in Quito, Ecuador philosophical biennium, as a layman the curriculum that is academic as I have and equating it with some studies fail me to church theology as required by the CIC, that’s on one side and that the priest who helped me these studies could not continue to help and work for this was not enough time or money, since it is impossible to get work to complete this study, but do not want to take this as an outlet for my decision but I think it is time to go looking for a place in the church where I can engage more actively with the proclamation of the Gospel and where we can concretize but my vocation and I am convinced that the road is in a diocese or where the Lord so directs, for the Diocese I explain that I know little only through this medium the Internet, then see and understand many things marrow from the seminar website and the Diocese. I Dutchman English and know nothing but never too late to learn This is my mail and I think we will be communicating.
A big hug in Christ.
Luis Alejandro
Hello,
My name is Cid and I also used to be a seminarian.
I have a girlfriend and it’s been almost two years now.
But every time I get close to my prayers, I feel confuse about my vocation.
I’m also afraid of giving “Yes” to God and let my partner suffer to much, because she thinks I could be the only one.
It’s such a struggling moment.
I count on your prayers,
Sinceriouslly,
Cid