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What should I do if my calling to the priesthood makes me feel like I am suffocating quickly?

Austin asks:

 What should I do if my calling to the priesthood makes me feel like I am suffocating quickly?

Dear Austin,
 
Breathe!

Yes, seriously, breathe the oxygen of faith.

Lift your head above the merely human view of life that comes so easily to us. Remember especially that if God is calling you to be a priest he is calling you to grow. To grow in virtue, in personal formation, prayer, patience, your ability to serve, service, faith. You name it. This is not easy, and if we realize this when we think about our calling to the priesthood and it makes us dizzy, it means we have to not focus on the feeling of dizziness or suffocating, but on developing our relationship with Christ, opening our life to him, growing in trust in him and love for souls.

God bless,

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