At this moment, I find myself on the threshold of Priestly Ordination. I must admit that a time like this brings with it many questions, dreams, faith, hope, joy, fear, and gratitude.
In other words, it stirs within me a mixture of emotions and thoughts that are often contradictory, piercing both mind and heart, and which, more than once, have left me exhausted. Now, over these past days, I have often found myself asking two questions.
“…but how did I arrive here?”
“…and with this story of mine, will I be a good priest?”
By the grace of God, just as these questions were growing stronger within me, a few weeks ago the time came for me, together with one of my brothers in the fraternity and a number of friends, to begin working on a short biographical video about my life in light of my Priestly Ordination. The video was intended to be released on the day when the Church prays for religious and priestly vocations.
For me, this project became a beautiful exercise of reflection. Together with them, I was able to look back on the story of my life, the questions I have carried throughout the years, the long roads I have travelled, and the longing for true love that has guided me and continues to guide me to this day.
And by the grace of God, and with deep gratitude toward these people, the video came to hold within it the answers to those two questions. Yes, I have arrived here because within me I carry
“the desire to love, the desire to love the world in a different way.”
And yes, I believe I can be a good priest, because in the depths of my heart I know with certainty that “I… I love Christ,” and that I truly love Him.
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