pride<\/a>).\u00a0 It’s much harder to admit our weaknesses.\u00a0 But in humility, we acknowledge both, giving thanks to God for our strengths and our successes, while crying out for help in our weaknesses.<\/p>\nSo, we need to know our strengths and our weaknesses.\u00a0 We also need to know our fears and be willing to stretch our comfortable zone.\u00a0 For me, God called me way beyond my comfort zone when he called me to be a priest.\u00a0 When I first felt the call to priesthood several things that I didn’t like to do came to mind.\u00a0 For instance, I didn’t like going to funeral homes or cemeteries.\u00a0 I didn’t like being around dead people.\u00a0 As a priest, funeral homes and cemeteries have moved from being a place of fear and dread to a place where God’s grace and the gift of eternal life is cherished.<\/p>\n
I am introvert so being in front of people was also been a challenge for me.\u00a0 It was never that I wasn’t good at public speaking.\u00a0 I could do it when I had to.\u00a0 I simply didn’t like to do it because it was outside my comfort zone.\u00a0 Obviously, as a priest, public speaking is something I do every time I celebrate Mass (and I like to think I am good at it).\u00a0 I have come to recognize that God has given me what I need to do what he asks of me.<\/p>\n
What is God asking of you?\u00a0 What do you need to do it?\u00a0 God will give you all that you need to do it, either by giving you the gift yourself or by putting someone in your life to help that has the needed gifts.<\/p>\n
Peace,<\/p>\n
Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
God has given each of us many gifts.\u00a0 No one has all the gifts but working together as a community of believers we have all the gifts we need.\u00a0 We begin working together by each recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses.\u00a0 It is as an important to know our weaknesses as well as our strengths.\u00a0 …<\/p>\n
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