tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post5656292194720652278..comments2024-02-02T19:30:12.868-06:00Comments on Fear Not Little Flock: I'm a Roman-rite Catholic- Can I change rite & become a married priest? (repost from 2012) priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-9911208211461673732016-09-29T19:01:47.451-05:002016-09-29T19:01:47.451-05:00Deacon- I can see where you are coming from- but t...Deacon- I can see where you are coming from- but the men I am thinking of would be too nervous to start as a reader- as you said- serving the altar is 'easy'- it gets them close to the Liturgy's action and makes them more comfortable- then maybe they can go from there (but no matter what- it is my husband who is in charge- not my opinion- obviously!)priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-51729665972328507252016-09-29T19:00:43.663-05:002016-09-29T19:00:43.663-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-69188032718418327242016-09-29T17:40:56.582-05:002016-09-29T17:40:56.582-05:00With all due respect to the "priest's wif...With all due respect to the "priest's wife", the worst place for someone discerrning a clerical vocation is to start with serving at the altar. Such a person should begin singing in the choir in order to learn the tones and the order of services, where to find the moveable prayers. and eventually begin to serve as a reader. Reader is the first step in ladder of Holy Orders. From there one may move up the chain with essential knowledge that one needs about the services. As we used to joke in seminary, a monkey can be trained to fetch a censer and carry a candle. It takes a trained reader to make a proper deacon or priest.deaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535117740102920001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-86778639864142774242016-09-28T17:52:49.924-05:002016-09-28T17:52:49.924-05:00....well.... if you were at our parish, my husband.......well.... if you were at our parish, my husband would strongly encourage you to serve at the altar as a server! :) but you are certainly going about it the right way. God will grant the grace for His will. priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-18669812140691256212016-09-28T16:10:33.664-05:002016-09-28T16:10:33.664-05:00I am a Roman Rite Catholic who has sought to disce...I am a Roman Rite Catholic who has sought to discern a vocation to the priesthood as recently as a year ago for the Diocese of Juneau in Southeast Alaska, now I am a member of a Byzantine Catholic Parish and I have given up on discernment of the priesthood in the Roman Rite. I have pondered transferring rites, not with the intention of discerning the priesthood in the Byzantine Rite though it has crossed my mind. I think my first, strongest pull towards a vocation would be to matrimony and then should I be called to discern to further vocation so be it. For now I am content to continue practicing my Catholic faith alongside my Byzantine brethren while remaining canonically Roman.<br /><br />One major difference I have noticed between attitudes regarding vocations to the priesthood between rites is that in the Roman Rite if you are a devout adult male, or just a young male who regularly attends Mass, at some point you will have multiple people tell you that you should or perhaps need to open yourself up to the discernment of a vocation to the priesthood. I like to refer to it as "charitable badgering" and I think this derives from the fact that we in the Roman Rite CONSTANTLY hear about the need for more vocations. Thus there are many people with good intentions who impress this upon those they perceive to be eligible candidates, whether it is merited or not.<br /><br />One reason I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Byzantine Church is because this is just not a thing, people are aware of the need for vocations but at the same time I have not seen anyone kindly browbeat an adult male about it like in the Roman Church. I can just enjoy my time here and be actively involved the parish without having to constantly hear the "recruiting for vocation" message. Kevin A Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228290420120304809noreply@blogger.com