about four o'clock

The title is self-explanatory.  This episode is about Fr. Garett's vocation story.  It includes turtles, dogs, matching pajamas and sailor suits.  This is how a priest gets made.

In this episode, the priests discuss some of the hallmarks between discerning a vocation to a religious order compared to diocesan priesthood. 

What are the reasons a man might consider seminary and the priesthood?  In this episode, the priests discuss examples of bad discernment.  Situations or reasons that young men have sometimes confused as a message from God.  Seminary is not meant to be a plan B, a road to worldly glory, a way to make a loved one happy, or to escape the police.  It is meant to be an invitation of love from the Lord

What if all God knew about you was what you told Him?  How well would He know you?  The three priests discuss the crucial aspect of honesty in prayer when it comes to discernment.

"Saints run in packs."  Fr. Drew often quotes this line.  In this episode, the three priests discuss how friendship establishes a healthy foundation for discernment.  That from the field of friendship a person is helped to grow in self-knowledge to self-acceptance and ultimately to self-gift.

Spoiler alert: No, you are not holy enough.  But is that even a helpful question?  The three priests talk about the dangers of that question and how it can positively and negatively affect discernment. Editor's Note:  Fr. Chad makes reference to St. Francis Xavier when he meant St. Francis de Sales.  He would like it known that commonly in day to day life he calls people he has known for many year...

God does not expect us to have a 100% certainty before making a decision.  In fact, as is frequently witnessed by the saints, we are often called to make decisions where we have less than perfect clarity.  If we believe discernment is different, we are fooling ourselves.  If we have delayed discerning a vocation because we expect absolute certainty, perhaps we have made an idol out clarity.  The t...

It is common for a man discerning priesthood to also feel pulled towards marriage and family.  This desire is part of how we are created as human beings.  In this episode the three priests discuss how one understands discerning between the natural pull of marriage and the supernatural call of priesthood.

Fathers Chad, Garett and Drew talk about this fundamental truth.  Without it, discernment will be a trial filled with fear.

If a man is feeling called to enter seminary, when is the right time to enter?  Right out of high school?  During college?  After graduating college?  After working?  When is the best time to take that next step?