priests “To preach the Word of God and offer the Body and Blood of Christ to others,” says Father Jim Kent, O.F.M. Conv., “has put and keeps me on a path rich in satisfaction and blessings.”
Why being a priest makes me happy by Father Jim Kent,
O.F.M. Conv.
People are most satisfied when they are doing something for someone else. To serve others in the name of Jesus Christ is an experience of deep contentment. Father Jim Kent, O.F.M. Conv. is a Conventual Franciscan who s e r ve d m a ny years in vocation ministry. He is currently the minister provincial for the Province of Our Lady of Consolation.
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riesthood is a path to happiness because it so often brings me into contact with God’s grace. In prayer, through my community life, and especially when administering the sacraments, I am constantly surprised by this grace, whether I am the primary or even the secondary beneficiary. When I worked in a parish I would bring Holy Communion to shut-ins. I always enjoyed visiting with Edna, an 83-year-old who had few family members in the area and who was always so grateful for these calls. During one visit she told me of her concern about someone who was about
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