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A most cruel joke has been played on me.
I am not sure why and how, but I am pretty sure about certain facts I don't want to discuss here. Right now I would love to cry but instead I shall pray and ask for your prayers. Deep-inside I am glad that this happened. Now I know that the only solution and answer to my life is Catholic priesthood, which 99% I will follow.

God bless you.

Yes, a religious vocation is a joke that God plays on those He loves. My prayers are with you.

Just so long as the vocation isn't the reaction to a disappointment in life, but an action of love of God.

You are in my prayers. I completely understand where you are coming from.

John

Prayers for you Armando that you will enter the priesthood for the love of God and neighbor.

Holy Theotokos and Sts. Peter and Paul pray for Armando!

Dear Amando,

I will pray that whatever joke was played on you, will be undone, and that if our Lord has called you to the priesthood, then by all means become one.

Also that you will be able to forgive and forget the mischief you had to endure.

Zenovia

Prayers.

Also, please pray for a very good friend of mine who like I used to, now faces difficulties of teenage and is thinking of the worst of solutions (suicide etc.). I shall pray for him and try to bring that person to his senses but I need your help.

Thank you all for praying for me.
Prayer is the best thing one can do
for another.

Prayers here, Armando, for whatever difficulties you are going through. And I'm going to ask that you pray for me as well.

If God is calling you to the priesthood, then by all means answer.

God bless,

Karen

Dear Armando,

Christos Anesti!

Please remember that you are still a young teenager and that you are still a neophyte in the Latin Church. In the months and years to come, you will be trying to find yourself as all teenagers do.

Give yourself a few years to settle in before making any decisions, and then, if you truly feel God's calling to the Holy Priesthood, by all means, explore it and attend a good seminary.

In Christ,
Alice

P.S. Prayers for your friend. May the angels of God protect him from entertaining any act against God's commandments.

Dear Lord,

Please help Armando find peace and help his friend to find You. He needs You so badly because his life is empty and he wants to cease to exist. Please do not let him do anything rash and stupid. Rush to his aid now, and give him the comprehension and peace that only You can give him.

Zenovia

My daughter has a group of prayers she uses and one of the Psalms in particular is for peace, it works wonders for her and her friends. These are her choice of prayers.
http://www.agapeicons.com/site/1286684/page/817017
Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen....Sweet Jesus you are the lifter of our heads, our Provider, and our best friend, come quickly Lord Jesus, providing for all the needs at hand.