“This is a most commendable choice as a vocation. One must see this vocation, not as a simple commitment of love for God, but as a dedicated commitment to its extreme responsibilities, and its importance, regarding the decisions that you as a priest will be confronted with, always understanding, realizing, and accepting the responsibility for one’s own Soul, and the Souls of those who depend upon what you as a priest stand for, what you as a priest say, what you as a priest do in your example.

Important vocational decisions must be seen in the broad scope of what the vocation entails.

A priest must be willing to serve God, through mankind, above and beyond what other vocations are committed to.

A priest must understand, though he has accepted a celibate life, he must always be available for the Souls of all types of people who are in some way calling for help.

A priest who is dedicated to his vocation, must be dedicated to God first, and understand the Purpose for life, and that all people need sound leadership in Faith in God.

A priest must see the various dangers attached to walking the role of celibacy, because of the constant involvement with the intimate lives of so many people.

Answer these questions honestly:

1. Do you feel strong enough emotionally to withstand with dignity, strength, honor, the difference in opinions of your peers and superiors?

2. Do you believe that you have the constitution to develop your standards and values to please God above any static or control that so often lends itself to the so-called authority of Spiritual leadership?

3. Do you sincerely believe that you, as a human being, have more than desire to become a priest, and have the strength to fulfill the obligations that are connected to specific demand of your time?

4. Do you find personal prayer a consolation or an aggravation or unnecessary?

5. Do you feel the desire to be a priest because of its importance in the eyes of other people, or do you feel you have the ability, the stamina and true Spiritual desire to help others understand God more, to love God more, and to set the course of their life in the direction of becoming a Saint?”