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Being a priest is an awesome honor and responsibility. To be of
service to others is to be a channel of God’s grace, and that is
the heart of this special vocation.
What it takes to be
a good priest
BY FATHER JIM KENT, O.F.M.CONV.
Father Jim Kent,
O.F.M.Conv. is
a Conventual
Franciscan Friar.
He worked for
many years in vocation ministry
and since 2007
has served as the
minister provincial for the Province of Our Lady
of Consolation.
PRIESTS NEED to embrace
the human condition with
eyes of faith, finding God
amid their own weaknesses
and those of others. Here,
Father Ryan Mutayomba,
O.F.M.Conv. celebrates the
sacrament of Reconciliation
at the Basilica and National
Shrine of Our Lady of
Consolation in Carey, Ohio.
EARS AGO I was at a reunion of extended family members I don’t often
see. While talking to my cousin and her husband, their 7-year-old came
and sat on his lap. At a break in our conversation, little Megan leaned
toward me and said: “You’re the priest, right?”
“That’s me.”
“Good,” she said, and her eyes flared with anticipation. “Tell me everything
you know about God.”
I was overwhelmed by the wonder and hunger of this 7-year-old. Of course,
COURTES Y OF THE CONVEN TUAL FRANCISCAN FRIARS
PRIESTS
