As in recent years, when big feasts are very near I always meet some new persons. People are looking for gifts. They are in a festive mood. But deep down they don't forget about the true feeling of Christmas.
They get to know that there is a married priest! Is it true? When they get to know that I do have a family with common problems, they come forward and ask me first for information. How did I decide, what made me change my mind, who proposed to start living together etc......Then they ask for more Information about my family, kids, school, work, sex etc....
Then they start to ask questions about the church.
They want to know more. They ask many questions. They are still not sure, although they readily accept this new reality. Finally they ask for sacraments. They feel at peace with a human church. It's what they were looking for in these last years...!!!
We don't rush as we don't wish to apply the sacraments blindly. As they did in the beginning of the church, they started catechesis first, sacraments came later. We always try to build the sense of the community. Together we can make it! We are a family. That's what the married priest is all about. It's not the good or famous priest anymore, but it's a whole family struggling together.
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