PRAY: NOVENA FOR PRIESTLY ORDINANDS DAY #4 | DEACON JACK JOBST: Deacon Jack Jobst will be ordained to the sacred priesthood, Deo volente, on Saturday, June 14, at Saint Thomas Aquinas parish in East Lansing. He is one of seven men due to be ordained by Bishop Earl Boyea forming, as they do, the most sizeable ordination class for the Diocese of Lansing in 47 years. Deo gratias.
Today we pray with particular fervor for Deacon Jack who hails from Christ the King parish in Ann Arbor and who, after ordination, is due to become Parochial Vicar at Saint John the Baptist, Ypsilanti. So how does he feel ahead of the big day? He says:
“As I begin my priestly ministry I am very much looking forward to giving people the Sacraments. From the beginning of my discernment about 10 years ago, the Eucharist and Confession have been an incredible gift to me that I hope i can make this gift available to others.For those who are discerning priesthood (or marriage or religious life for that matter) I would simple recommend this: learn how to talk to God like a person, not just thinking about God and you life or treating him like a vending machine for grace. It was only after I learned to really talk (and listen) to each person of the Trinity that my heart was prepared to receive my vocation, and it took me a year and a half of Seminary to learn how to do this.” Let us pray:Day 4: Let us pray for those currently living a generous single life for the Lord.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be…
Let us pray: Hear us, we beseech you, Lord, our God,and pour out on these your servants the blessing of the Holy Spirit,that these men, who are to be consecrated to your service,may be surrounded by your rich and unfailing grace.Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
