Hi! I believe my son will have a vocation to the priesthood or at least a deacon and I want to know how should I support him and nuture him so he can come about this on his own. I don't want to pressure him into the priesthood or feel like I pressured him into it, however, I want him to know it's ok for him to express this desire in actions and if he chooses to be a priest when he grows up, that I will support him. I guess I want to know how I can be supportive without pushing him into it.
2007-03-08
05:33:36
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I want to add, that he loves the church already at his young age and when he plays with his sisters he often wants to play "baptism" with them, he tries to make vestments out of sheets, he tries to recite the rosary and every morning he stops and just looks at the crucifix on our wall, not in horror but it love. He's also one of the few children I've ever known who crosses with holywater upon entering AND leaving the sanctuary. I just don't want him to believe that this ISN'T amazing, but I don't want to say "hey lil Jimmy You're going to be a priest! Look at you, yep, you're definitely a priest" either. Other than praying that GO'd will be done, what else can I do to give him the chance to dercern it for himself?
2007-03-08
06:50:44 ·
update #1