Priest serving God's Children

Yesterday, I went down to the cafeteria and help serve lunch to the school children. I had decided that I would do this a couple of weeks ago and to make it even more fun, my mom made me an apron with the logo you see to the right. I had a wonderful time serving lunch to the kids and also have a new respect for school cooks as my legs were very tired after serving the kids for over 2 hours.

It's fun to get the be around the students, but more importantly I hope they are able to see that a priest is someone that they can be comfortable around. I want the kids to see the priest as a person who wants to help them to grow in their knowledge of the faith. I want the boys to see how a priest is involved in the lives of others and hopefully that will spark them to respond to that call from God to the priesthood. I want the girls to see persons of faith impacting others and hopefully that will spark them to respond to the call to religious life.

The priest shouldn't be someone that people see once a week at the Sunday Mass and even then only from a distance. The priest should be someone who interacts in the lives of the faithful. He should be someone who they come in personal contact with and who inspires people to live their faith. It is not easy for Fr. Frank and I to be a personal presence to 10,000 Catholics, but we both see it as a part of God's call to us and God's plan for us as priests. Until next time...God bless.

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