By Tim Devine
Taken From Companions of the Cross newsletter, Fall Issue 1998.
On the third week of June this year, my good friend D'Arcy Dufresne and I went on a "Roman Holiday". we Stayed at the Canadian Pontifical College where Fr. Mark Slatter is studying. I certainly reaped the benefits of having connections in the community. He was a great host. Needless to say, the accommodations were fantastic. D'Arcy and I each had our own room with a bathroom. My room had a balcony where I practiced pronouncing several amateur dogmas to the people of Rome.
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By Fr. Tim Devine, CC.
Taken From Bread of Life, September/October 2003.
Talking long distance to my brother who lives in Brampton, Ontario, I cut the conversation short by saying, "I have to go now Matt. It's almost time for me to celebrate Mass." As I hung up the phone I was pleasantly struck by the reality of it all. Wow, I am a priest, I thought to myself, "a priest forever, like Melchizedek of old" (Ps 110:4) FOREVER! How incredible, to think my soul is permanently changed by the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Through a profound mystery I'm sharing in the very priesthood of Christ Himself. As a boy I played Mass with my brother and now it's the real thing. Reflecting upon the beauty and newness of my vocation as a priest, I began to wonder what brought me to this place. What is "the call"? How did I respond to that "call"? What follows is the fruit of my reflection.
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