Reasons Priests Leave the Priesthood
Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)
Ascension
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Are you ever confused or hurt when you hear that a priest has left the priesthood? Fr. Josh takes on this issue in today’s podcast. He explains some of the more common reasons why a priest might leave the priesthood. Fr. Josh shares the impact this can have on others and offers advice on how to respond in these situations.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh the question and answer podcast why get to listen |
| 0:08.0 | to your questions pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for |
| 0:11.8 | you to become a saint and you walk toward a term to you can ask me anything and everything |
| 0:15.4 | about our hathic faith from morality to spirituality questions about everyday life on what we believe |
| 0:21.0 | as Catholics and I'm here to help you finances. |
| 0:24.0 | If you're first time listening please be sure to follow the podcast on Spotify and iTunes |
| 0:29.5 | and Google play you can also hit me up with your own questions and comments at www.acitichapress.com |
| 0:35.7 | slash ask father Josh on today's show we are going to be talking about the priest last |
| 0:40.9 | we talked about religious life and this week we're going to be talking about the priest |
| 0:43.5 | and so the question is going to be about why the priest leave the priest and how do we deal |
| 0:48.4 | with it how do I deal with it as a priest but before we get to that really great question |
| 0:53.1 | I want to share with you a glory story. |
| 1:23.1 | My glory story for the week so this past week I was able to participate in the good news |
| 1:34.4 | crews and it was a gift it was really a gift to meet disciples of Jesus Christ from all |
| 1:41.6 | of the nation who are striving to to live holy marriages who are striving to persevere |
| 1:47.7 | in their sacrament and yeah I just I mess in really great disciples who inspire me who |
| 1:52.8 | love the Lord and who are doing some beautiful things for Jesus Christ and for the church |
| 1:58.9 | and so yeah the gift of married couples of holy marriages that aren't perfect but are |
| 2:08.4 | striving for perfection in Christ and just the way that those couples can inspire priest |
| 2:14.9 | like I was inspired by their love and by their devotion to each other it helps me I think |
| 2:19.1 | to be a better bridegroom to the church to be around holy couples and so shout out to |
| 2:23.4 | all the couples who I met who I got this been time with who I prayed with who I served |
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