What Should You Do

If You Want to Be A Priest?

1. PRAY - and ask the Lord to show you His will;
   
2. LISTEN TO GOD - and if God is calling you, have the courage to respond;
   
3. RECITE THE ROSARY daily, asking the intercession of Mary the Mother of Christ and the Mother of priests;
   
4. PRAY A HOLY HOUR before the Blessed Sacrament regularly;
   
5. ATTEND MASS daily if possible and receive the Holy Eucharist;
   
6. GO TO CONFESSION on a consistent basis;
   
7. READ and MEDITATE on the WORD of GOD;
   
8. TALK TO A PRIEST you find approachable;
   
9. CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF VOCATIONS in your Diocese;
   
10. START SPIRITUAL DIRECTION;
    
11. TALK TO SEMINARIANS when they come home for the holidays;
    
12. BECOME INVOLVED in your parish.

From the Vocations Office of the Archdiocese of Atlanta