I check the stats to see how many people are reading this blog on a regular basis. I don't know who you all are, but I do know that you are out there, reading along. I am grateful that my words are keeping you updated on my journey and perhaps inspiring somebody to follow along.
What I don't understand is the reading patterns. The most read page is my recent reading list. OK, I can rationalize that, I guess.
One other page in particular gets more hits than others. Why does Spiritual Autobiography Part 6 get more hits than other pages? Is there something controversial there? something insightful? something sacrilegious? Of course, putting the link in this post will continue to raise the hits if you follow the link, but please do. Read it again and tell me. What is that post saying to you?
I've Part 6.
ReplyDeleteI surfed into your blog for probably an odd reason. I'm a lawyer of two decades (litigator) desperately seeking to change careers. I've never liked it, but I have a sick wife and two children, so I depressingly keep on keeping on. Every day is worse than the one before. Last night, after a particularly bad day, I was surfing a career change type topic and hit upon your blog.
I'm also a cradle Catholic and always been more or less serious about my Faith, but I've become increasingly devout in recent years. Being invited to be a lector ignited what was a smouldering spark. I read the rest of your blog, including this entry several times, as it connects directly with me in some odd ways.
I actually have had a periodic hint at a call to be a Priest the last couple of years. But I cannot, as I am a married man with children. I presume that the call must really be hinting at something else, but I did actually briefly investigate switching to the Eastern Rite so that I could pursue it perhaps, although in the end I determined that would not be the right thing to do, and would be impractical for other reasons.
I intend to follow your progress here, as long as you are able to post it. God Bless You.
One of the priests on my interview cycle at the seminary told me this. "Watching a couple struggle with sickness and adversity and staying together strengthens my priestly vocation." His comment stayed with me. My wife fought her disease for 11 years before she went home to God. We are called to be faithful to our vocation of marriage.
ReplyDeleteGod is with us and will show us the path for us. It may take time and come at us from a strange angle, but it will come.
May God bless you and your family and keep you strong in your struggles. You and all the readers of my blog are in my nightly prayers.
I greatly appreciate your comments and prayers. Thank you.
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