{"id":1010,"date":"2009-02-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/quote-of-the-day-ii.html"},"modified":"2009-02-23T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T14:00:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/quote-of-the-day-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Part of our job here is to challenge guys to make sure they are not floating into the priesthood, to make sure they are asking the tough questions. So sometimes we say\u2014as much as we hate to see a guy leave\u2014when a guy leaves the seminary thoughtfully and prayerfully, you rejoice. If the seminarian has decided it\u2019s right to leave, we say, \u2018Bravo. Thanks for letting us help you make the right choice.\u2019<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThat\u2019s not happening now and that could be because the New Men are indeed called and thinking about it and probing and are at peace with their vocations. But I\u2019m always thinking, \u2018I hope there is no malaise here. I hope there are no zealots disguising themselves as prayerful and compassionate seminarians.\u2019<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIf anyone said to me, \u2018Yes, I\u2019ve heard the voice of Christ directly telling me to be a priest,\u2019 well, he might as well not even unpack. I\u2019d put him on the next plane home.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; then-Monsignor Timothy Dolan,\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">on <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.lohudblogs.com\/2009\/02\/23\/dolan-the-rector-circa-1997\/\">his experience as a seminary rector<\/a> in the book &#8220;The New Men.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Part of our job here is to challenge guys to make sure they are not floating into the priesthood, to make sure they are asking the tough questions. So sometimes we say\u2014as much as we hate to see a guy leave\u2014when a guy leaves the seminary thoughtfully and prayerfully, you rejoice. 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