Is Marriage Only Second (or Third) Best? (with Fr. Gregory Pine)

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Is it better to enter the priesthood or religious life than it is to get married? Dr. Edward Sri is joined by Fr. Gregory Pine to discuss what the best way is to accomplish holiness, and ultimately, sainthood. They offer simple and straightforward advice for discernment and living out your particular vocation.

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That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. (Litany of Humility)

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. Welcome to the special episode of this podcast recorded live at the Spoke Street Media Booth during Sikh 24 in St. Louis.
0:27.0	My name is John Michael Lucido, and to find more shows recorded at Sikh, search for the Sikh
0:33.8	podcast in your favorite podcast app. Enjoy.
0:37.8	Hello and welcome to the All Things Catholic Podcast. I'm your host
0:44.8	Edward Sri and we're here at a special edition in St. Louis for the Sikh
0:50.0	2024 Conference. It has been such a blessing. We're here midweek through the
0:57.1	conference. We have 20,000 people filling this dome, this former NFL
1:01.0	football stadium. We just had an amazing mass with hundreds of priests,
1:05.2	dozens of bishops and so many young people here. But today I'm excited because I get to be with
1:11.7	Father Gregory Pine. You may with Father Gregory Pine.
1:13.0	You may know Father Gregory Pine
1:15.0	from his podcast, from his book on,
1:18.0	what's the title of your book on Prudence?
1:20.0	Prudence. Oh, that's, there we go, right there.
1:22.0	To the point. I've had you on the show we talked
1:24.8	about that in the past I guess today we're going to talk about a kind of a
1:28.8	prudential decision that's very important especially for many young people as they're discerning their vocation.
1:34.7	And it's something that I myself remember struggling with in my 20 shortly after I graduated from college.
1:41.2	I was discerning whether God was calling me to the priest. I spent some time with a great holy Jesuit priest
1:47.4	going through the 30-day exercises with him and just spending a few months living the life with him.
1:54.0	And I remember really hearing the Catholic theology
1:57.4	that marriage is a great vocation,
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