I HOPE I'M DOING THIS RIGHT...

GREETINGS FROM MY CUBICLE AT GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC CHURCH, TALLAHASSEE. REALLY I HAVE A VERY NICE OFFICE--ONE OF THE FIRST GREAT PERKS I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR IN MY TRANSITION FROM SEMINARY TO PARISH PRIESTHOOD. IN THE SEMINARY THE LIVING QUARTERS WERE ALSO THE OFFICE, LIVING ROOM, "KITCHEN", ETC.

SEMINARY WAS GREAT! IT WAS A PRIVILEGED TIME TO PREPARE THE HEART TO BE MOLDED, IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO RECEIVE THE GRACE OF HOLY ORDERS AND BEGIN TO SHARE IN THE SACRAMENTAL PRIESTHOOD OF OUR LORD. YET--SEMINARY COMES AND INUMERABLE BLESSINGS WITH IT, BUT IT ALSO GOES!

NOW...I [JUST] HOPE I'M DOING THIS RIGHT...

THAT APPLIES TO THIS WHOLE BLOG THING. I SHOULD HAVE CALLED FR. PAUL (LAMBERT) BEFORE I DID THIS. FR. PAUL HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY "TECH" SUPPORT.

BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS--IN THIS YEAR OF THE PRIEST--I ENTRUST MYSELF TO OUR HIGH PRIEST WHO IS "ALL RIGHT" AND NO WRONG. EACH EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD SO FAR IN ONE MONTH, 17 DAYS, 15 HOURS, 49 MINUTES, AND 40.. NO 41.. NO42 SEC HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. [MY BOSS, FR. MIKE FOLEY JUST WALKED IN SO I HAVE TO MAKE A PAUSE]

SO, AS I SIGN OFF FROM THIS 1ST BLOG I CAN SAY THAT I'M REALLY NOT SURE THAT I'VE DONE IT RIGHT, BUT REGARDING MY PRIESTHOOD, I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE HIM (AND SHARE SOME OF THESE MOMENTS WITH YOU) WHO IS "ALL RIGHT" AND NEVER WRONG, ESPECIALLY ABOUT LOVING HIS PEOPLE [INCLUDING THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO BLOG]!

FR. WILL

Welcome!

The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee has been blessed with an abundance of vocations to the priesthood and diaconate. In celebration of this, and in observance of the international "Year of the Priest" declared by His Holiness Pope Benedict the XVI, three of our newly-ordained priests are going to blog on this site about their first year of priesthood, which began for them on June 13 this year. We hope you'll join them on this journey beginning August 3, and share your comments, prayers and encouragement with them as they reflect with you on their first year of ministry.