Author Topic: regret choice of vocation (Read 1157 times)

tradlover · « **on:** August 13, 2011, 10:46:56 AM »

What would happen if a priest just ordained starts getting wracked with regret for choosing that state and wants out?

sedetrad · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2011, 10:50:41 AM »

His "state" is permanent and the ordination creates an indelible mark on his soul and he will be judged by God accordingly.

sedetrad · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2011, 10:51:19 AM »

He should take up his "cross" and follow Christ accordingly.

Catholic Samurai · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2011, 10:57:26 AM »

Quote from: tradlover

What would happen if a priest just ordained starts getting wracked with regret for choosing that state and wants out?

I think we've discussed this recently.

Considering how much time a person has to spend in the seminary, a man should be able to discern weather or not he is going to be comfortable spending the rest of his life as a priest.

Honestly, I think this question relates more to one who enters into matrimony than Holy Orders.

sedetrad · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2011, 11:01:00 AM »

Samurai makes a good point. :scratchchin:

Matthew · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2011, 11:40:01 AM »

This is another reason why a man shouldn't seize the priesthood like he's trying to achieve some other goal (becoming a doctor or other professional, buying a house, paying off debts, etc.)

With most goals, obstacles are made to be overcome. NOT SO with the priesthood. If your seminary sends you away, more often than not you should give up (at least in the current state of the Church, where good Seminaries aren't "a dime a dozen" -- they're closer to "one of a kind")

Becoming a priest is one goal in which you have to include some "passivity" to what God wants.

On the other hand, you shouldn't be too willful in quitting, either. Make sure whatever happens is God's will, not yours. That means don't quit the seminary. Either get sent away, or get ordained. But while you're there, do your best to align your life to the seminary's rules, shutting out The World from your heart, etc.

MaterDominici · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2011, 12:11:41 PM »

Quote from: Catholic Samurai

Quote from: tradlover
What would happen if a priest just ordained starts getting wracked with regret for choosing that state and wants out?

I think we've discussed this recently.

Considering how much time a person has to spend in the seminary, a man should be able to discern weather or not he is going to be comfortable spending the rest of his life as a priest.

Honestly, I think this question relates more to one who enters into matrimony than Holy Orders.

There are differences between studying for the priesthood and living it, but I agree with CS here in that the seven or so years it takes you to reach the priesthood is usually plenty of time to make a firm decision.

And, the "grass is greener on the other side" is a problem for all walks of life at one time or another. The priest at least has the confessional to remind him how bad things can be on the "other side".

Sigismund · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2011, 08:05:10 PM »

Priests in such a situation can seek laicization.

PartyIsOver221 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2011, 09:06:57 PM »

Quote from: Sigismund

Priests in such a situation can seek laicization.

I bet you think annulments are okay too.

Sigismund, sometimes I wonder who gave you an authorization card to troll here.

Sigismund · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2011, 09:12:20 PM »

If the Church decided to offer the possibility of laicization, I am not arrogant enough to argue the point. Did they never happen before VC II

And I do think annulments are okay, if the marriage in question is in fact invalid. I don't think it is okay to hand them out like candy at Halloween for spurious reasons.

And my troll license comes from a cabal of Anglo-Jєωιѕн Freemasons.

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