Right before entering college, I attended a Syro-Malabar Regional Youth Conference. It was during this conference (specifically during Eucharistic Adoration) that I felt the Lord inviting me to discern priesthood. I even remember how I afraid I was when I received this invitation. I thought to myself that there was no way I could be a priest, let alone a good one. Seeing the priesthood as such a holy vocation, it was hard to imagine how God could be calling me—a broken, sinful person—to be His priest. Yet, even with this lingering doubt, I still felt within the depths of my heart that God was calling me to be a priest. So, after college, I decided to submit my application to Mundelein Seminary!

I would be lying if I said the journey thus far has been easy. But, my time at seminary has nevertheless been a blessing! Perhaps one of the biggest consolations that I’ve received is knowing that we are not defined by our brokenness. If anything, our brokenness can serve as vessels of transformation.