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Am I normal for having two different men leave me for the priesthood?

Suzanne asks:

I am a college student who is very deeply in love with my Catholic faith, and I have only dated men who are serious about the Catholic faith and who are serious about the possibility of marriage (aka no "dating just to date", only dating with the intention of a future, while realizing that God knows best). I feel absolutely called to the married life and the role of motherhood. I briefly discerned religious but found it wasnt for me. However, this situation is not chiefly about me. I have had two serious relationships end because the men I dated felt called to become priests. One is entering the seminary in the fall and the other and I just broke up recently so he could discern the religious life further. My most recent boyfriend and I have continued to be friends, and we are still praying (actually, Ive been praying more than I ever have in my life) and discerning whether or not we are still being called to marry one another. I dont want in any way to interfere with my friends vocation, and he is absolutely committed to God no matter what happens (Im still working on that, but getting there), but its still all up in the air for the most part. He has made appointments with numerous religious (including the vocations director for our diocese), and weve been asking everyone we know to pray for us and for us to accept Gods will. We have continuously placed our petitions at the feet of our Holy Mother, as well as asking for the intercession of multiple saints. I am still basically recovering from the shock of the relationship ending, but I really dont know where to turn on a situation like this. So I guess what I would like to ask is, do you have any advice on situations like this? And am I normal for having two different men leave me for the priesthood?

Dear  Suzanne

You must have good taste if God picks the same men you do!

I dont know how normal what has happened to you is, but I do know another very popular woman, now happily married and a mother, who dated three men who became priests.

Suzanne, this is one of those situations in which we have to admit that God is a God of surprises. He knows what he is doing. He is the one who gave us life and will give us life eternal. If he deserves anything it is our trust.

My only advice to you is to renew and deepen your trust in God your Father. Step back from your friend, pray for him but let him find the answer to his own vocational question, and accept whatever God says. If he is called to be a priest you should continue to live your life normally, place yourself in Gods hands and ask him to show you the man who is to be your husband, and take the normal steps to find him.

God bless.

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