This Homily (28 minutes) was given by Fr. Thomas Weise at the 11am Mass celebrating Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day for Prayer for Vocations. A vocation to service in the Kingdom of God is born of: (1) the individual listening for that still small voice of God calling each of us by name, (2) the support of that vocation coming from the community. With the median age for the 42k priests in the US at 68, that means 21k priests are well passed retirement. By 2017 there will be more deacons than priests in the US, at 26k. We are a church in crisis. Vocations come from families. What will we do to encourage a vocation to service in the Church?
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Readings: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10
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