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{"id":3451,"date":"2014-11-02T20:43:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T01:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leandresz.com\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2018-05-31T21:47:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T01:47:37","slug":"english-the-call-to-the-priesthood-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syrieix.com\/en\/english-the-call-to-the-priesthood-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:fr-->L&#8217;appel au presbyt\u00e9rat en 2014.[:]<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/fr_FR\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/syrieix.com\/en\/english-the-call-to-the-priesthood-in-2014\/\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" layout=\"standard\" send=\"1\" width=\"\"  colorscheme=\"light\" show_faces=\"1\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:like><\/br><!--:fr--><figure id=\"attachment_3452\" style=\"width: 200px\"  class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/leandresz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/The-call-to-Priesthood-in-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3452 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/leandresz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/The-call-to-Priesthood-in-2014-200x142.jpg?resize=200%2C142\" alt=\"The call to Priesthood in 2014\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/syrieix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/The-call-to-Priesthood-in-2014.jpg?resize=200%2C142&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/syrieix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/The-call-to-Priesthood-in-2014.jpg?resize=500%2C355&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/syrieix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/The-call-to-Priesthood-in-2014.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Photo : Daniel Abel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n<em><strong>Cet article est uniquement disponible sous sa forme originaire, c&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire en Anglais.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A significant decline in the place of religion has been observed in the last year. The recent debates around the\r\n\u201cQuebec Charter of Values\u201d have shown that the religion is no longer as important in the life of people, as it was in the past. Thinking of this, it\u2019s difficult to understand why some people are still involved in the vocation today. Nonetheless, despite the decline in importance, the call to the priesthood is still relevant in 2014 for a number of reason.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The first reason that the call to priesthood is still important today is due to the fact that humanity needs spirituality. Life can\u2019t only be reduced to the material aspect because there is something higher which gives sense to life, which helps people to understand who they are, from where they come and where they are going. It\u2019s the priest who can help people to find answers to those questions through the faith, by leading them to Christ who is everlasting life and who gives the purpose and sense to life. Today people are seeking something higher through different kinds of spirituality: Buddhism, Reiki, Hinduism\u2026 This fact shows that humans need to trust and believe in something higher than themselves. This would be God for Christians. Priesthood is then an important part of this process and a response to the call of God through the faith.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Additionally, the call to priesthood is relevant today because of its social concerns. In fact, priests are involved in all areas of life related to humanity. However, some people say that the priesthood is not necessary because many men and women make their career in those similar domains. Priest \u201cwho understood that real service requires risk. Some of them risked death; others risked only discomfort. None of them played it safe. Not everyone is called to heroic self-sacrifice, but all Christians are called to solidarity with people who live on the margins\u201d (Emily Stout, <em>A job, not a career<\/em>, Commonweal \u2013 October 24, 2014 -, p. 46). Therefore, the priesthood makes sense in that Christian solidarity. There are many areas where people undergo, where the society does not dare go for helping those who suffer, where \u201cThe church is called to what Pope Francis has called the \u201cexistential peripheries\u201d of \u201cpain, of injustice, of ignorance and indifference to religion\u201d\u201d (Emily Stout, <em>A job, not a career<\/em>, Commonweal \u2013 October 24, 2014 -, p. 46). Although the priesthood can be considered a job, its particularity is the fact that it\u2019s a real exposure to the circumstances of the humanity. That is another relevancy of the priesthood today.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Finally, the priesthood is still pertinent in 2014 despite the bad publicity about its place in the society or in people\u2019s life today. It\u2019s a response to God\u2019s call to lead the world to him, to quench humanity for the thirst for spirituality, to give meaning to his life. The priesthood is involved in all the circumstances of the humanity; it goes deep, beyond human abilities, where faith takes over.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">\u00a9 Leander Syrieix.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You can share your reactions to this article in the &#8220;Comments&#8221; section below. 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