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Post #1242092

Author
RicOlie_2
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Religion
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Date created
21-Sep-2018, 11:56 PM

Warbler said:

RicOlie_2 said:

I am quite prepared to commit to celibacy, and would very much not want to marry and be a priest (waaay too much work, and the stress of having to devote oneself to both a family and a parish would be unbelievable).

The Pastor of my church seems to manage ok with both a family and the church to take care of.

Being a Protestant pastor is a job. Being a priest is a vocation. A (decent) priest doesn’t have set working hours. He should be free to go to the hospital in an emergency in the middle of the night. He should be free to run ministries in the evenings with his parishioners and do house visits. He says Mass at least once a day and is always available to hear confessions. He devotes himself entirely to his parishioners. There is simply no comparison between the job description of a Protestant pastor and a Catholic priest.