The Dignity and Challenge of the Priesthood

Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

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4.9 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to be a priest today? In this episode, Gomer and Dave reflect on the beauty and burden of the priesthood—its spiritual power, real-world challenges, and the call to bold, Christ-centered leadership. With insights and wisdom from Pope Benedict, we explore how priests can renew their role as shepherds—and how we, as laypeople, can support them in their mission.
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0:00.0	If you're a priest and you learn and communicate the faith, your parish is going to grow.
0:17.5	Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to every knee shall bow your weekly Catholic podcast on evangelization and discipleship.
0:24.5	My name is Mike Gomer Gormley, and I am joined today with my illustrious co-host.
0:30.5	Dave the shirtless Van Vickle.
0:32.7	How are you doing, Dave?
0:34.4	Good.
0:34.8	I'm back in my happy place.
0:36.5	Summer's coming.
0:41.1	I now spend my mornings shirtless.
0:52.9	And, yeah, I mean, that's the way I like to be. It's the way I like to live. Stand by that. Vitamin D. I'm kind of like Superman in that sense. But I'm just not super.
0:56.0	In that you get all your energy from the sun?
1:01.2	Yeah, in that I get all, and then like, so I'd be kind of like similar to Superman in the sense that I get all my energy from the sun, but instead of becoming super, it's like I don't
1:05.9	turn into Gallum.
1:08.5	That's the way I would say.
1:10.2	So, too, full throats. Goer. that's what I would say. So full throat.
1:14.3	Goer.
1:15.5	We have an American pope.
1:20.8	I mean,
1:21.1	I keep waiting for them to be like,
1:22.7	just kidding.
1:24.2	You know,
1:25.1	like we got you all.
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