Priests bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus through preaching and the sacraments. Priests are very active as they counsel people, teach classes, prepare homilies, administer parishes, and much more.
Many surveys show that priests are among the happiest people in the world! Deacons, too, share in the sacrament of Holy Orders., baptizing, marrying couples, serving, and preaching.
Many wonder how priests, deacons, and religious find their vocation. The article, DISCERNMENT TOOLS, can help. It begins:
An inherent part of life is the responsibility to make difficult, challenging, and sometimes even painful decisions. To make important decisions often requires time, prayer, and discernment. Perhaps today more than ever, we face a greater multiplicity and complexity of decisions in ordinary day-to-day living. In the discernment process, we consider the options, balance the advantages with disadvantages, and carefully examine the consequences. "How will I know... what is good, right, or best? How will I know what God is calling me to?"
Read more by clicking on this link: Discernment Tools