What It Really Means to be a Priest, by Mary Pezzulo

I don’t promote other blog posts very often, but I came across this wonderful post that I think all Catholics should read.  It’s by Mary Pezzulo and her blog is called Steel Magnificat and the title of this post is called “In the  Person of Christ the Servant.”  Now let me preface this by saying that Mary and I are complete opposites when it comes to political issues and events in the news.  I have her blog on my subscription because she can really write a touching human story, either from personal experience or just in general.  Today she wrote a wonderful post on what it means to be a priest, dispelling some overly idealized conceptions of theologian or speaker and getting to the heart of the priesthood. 

Longing for an aesthetic experience at Mass, wishing to stick it to the insufficiently orthodox, loving to read and talk about theology, wanting to “be a change” in the Church, wanting a soap box to stand on, wanting to own the libs, wanting to make Mom proud, because you haven’t found a wife, because you’re good at Latin, because you like bossing people around, because you have good leadership skills and want to put them to work, because you used to be a Protestant minister but you’re a convert now and still want to preach sermons: these are all wrong reasons to want to be a priest. You should only seek the priesthood if your greatest desire is to be a servant.

You’ll have to have to go read her blog to get her entire point.  She is really spot on.