Yesterday I went for a walk in the city center as I am no fan of religious art I could not resist going to visit one of the most important basilicas of Lima "The Church of San Pedro" and although I have visited many times before, always retains the atmosphere of mystery, which awakens the sense of religiosity (which I think we all carry in our hearts ) and not to mention the art works that exist in each of their altars and altarpieces always wake me wonder ... really new for me to enter this temple is like stepping into a part of Heaven ... But yesterday take aware of something that has filled me with deep concern, which has not let me sleep and that was when he started the Mass at noon (which always participated in every time visited San Pedro), what happened was that the priest celebration of Holy Mass and carried over many years which was not allowed to unfold properly in the altar and his voice was broken in the Gospel reading which I filled ... for a share of admiration, noting the deep commitment of the priest with his vocation and God, for overcoming the evils (which will all suffer for age) and making a heroic effort not allow any of the parishioners who participated that evening Holy Mass we run out of our celebration and certainly not without the Holy Communion ...
But as I said this same event also me llenó de una profunda preocupación al tomar conciencia de la escasez de Vocaciones Sacerdotales que esta sufriendo nuestra Santa Iglesia…
Y si bien derepente sean causas de la disminución de las Vocaciones Sacerdotales, los testimonios negativos o antitestimonios que han dado muchos personajes que asumieron esta Vocación como el padre Alberto, el obispo Lugo y otros (que prefiero no mencionar)… o derepente la propaganda destructiva contra nuestra Santa Iglesia que realizan muchos movimientos religiosos no católicos o mejor dichos sectas (cuyo lema es divide y vencerás) quienes defienden farisaicamente a todo aquel que traicione su Compromiso Sacerdotal (el Voto De Castidad) sustentándose en sus biblias manipuladas and poorly translated through the media (which nobody knows how to finance them) ... or derepente other cause is the influence of secular society in which we live, which has reduced the idea of \u200b\u200b"vocation" to a simple skill , trade, service or profession so as to deceive young people discover their vocation enthusiastic than simply solving a "career test", which is totally false, because remember that "vocation" is one called or trend that every human being has in depths of his essence (awareness) to achieve the ultimate meaning of his existence (that for which we exist) or rather a Christian, "Vocation is the call that God makes every human being (by name) through his heart (consciousness) to achieve the holiness (the ultimate meaning of our lives) ... and God does this appeal to all human beings since before his birth, now that God's call to develop through a trade or profession is something else, and are also clear with this explanation that we discover our vocation through a test, but rather this is a journey that we do in our lives ...
Here too I must clarify that in the case of the priestly vocation this is not a trade or profession but is an Option Life for which God has chosen exceptional people (God chooses his priests) from before birth to exercise the sacred ministry which are not called all (all are called to holiness, but not the priesthood) because for take on this ministry, God has given certain characteristics of these exceptional people and just one of these features is the life of chastity and thus in Singleness ...
But despite the possible causes that I mentioned above, for me the most tragic is our indifference to this problem ... because I do not think I'm the only thing I have noticed that in our churches every day there are fewer priests and those who are already advanced in years ... this is serious because I can not imagine, what would our holy church without priests, no one to celebrate Holy Mass, no one has that special gift to consecrate the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Our Lord, without anyone to administer the Anointing of the Sick or we administer the sacraments ... What would our Church? ... and although I would like to think every day I am more aware that this is a reality ...
friend is for this reason (a) Catholic Christians who also feel committed to our church or by chance you are reading these lines, you invite us to help our youth (and also not adults) to discover which genuine Christian Vocation (Holiness) and discern if they have the extraordinary grace of the priesthood (if God has chosen Priestly Life ) ... clarifying this last idea, porsiacaso'm not saying that all young people seek (a force) to become priests and well and ready to fill our Churches, to which I'm asking is that we help and support our youth and adults to discover in your life if you have those extra features or gifts to opt for the "Life of Priests" free and conscious way, also not forget that we are in the "Year of the Priest" and this work urges us to the whole Church ...
Even if I wanted to talk more, I know you read these lines may tire a bit, which is why, to conclude with this thought I leave you with a short video which I invite you to spread ....
If you have read these lines and seen the video, I hope your comments will be very helpful in this discussion and work of evangelization ....
BELTRAN ALFONSO GUTIÉRREZ
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