Sunday, March 15, 2015

Reality sets in

One of my classmates just stopped by and related a phone call he had just received.  He was asked if he could be a confessor on a retreat at the end of June.  Wow!  At the end of June, he will be able to hear confessions...and so will I (God willing).

I had to look this up...(really, I did) As I write this, it is 68 days to priestly ordination.  In a bit over two months, I will be ordained as a priest. 10 days later, I'll start my new life at a parish somewhere in the Archdiocese of Boston.

There is much to be completed in the next two months: with my family, with seminary and my weekend assignment, and with ordination preparation.  Life will be changed and different.  The most humorous aspect of all this is; when they call me Father, I don't have to correct them anymore.