Author: Sean Robert Camingue

When I heard the word priest I have no idea about it. But when I became an altar server, it was then that I learn what is to be priest. I enter seminary because I would like to serve God and his people. Eventhough I discern it’s not easy to follow the teachings of Christ, Being a priest has a difficult task.

There’s one question that bothering me now. “Am I worthy..? Can I do these things..? But I conclude, “Why not” ? If I have faith in God and I’m willing to face courageously all the consequences and hindrances just to attain the priesthood vocation. Priesthood is a life journey, so it requires perseverance. Pursuing to walk until I can reach the direction of becoming a priest. And being responsible is the best thing I can do to make my dream come true.
Responsibility has a great rule in fulfilling this dream. Obeying, the rules in the seminary is one of our major task that must be observe. At this stage, I can say that I am not really worthy to be a follower of Christ. But as what Jesus say “I did not come for the righteous but for the sinners”.

I am willing to change just to follow Christ, who is the way, the truth and the life.
Being a pre-collegian seminarian is I think the starting point of walking into the path of priestly life.. Now, I wanted to reach those dream and continue fulfilling the journey, yet the future is so uncertain. With firm belief, I can conquer the trials. At the end of the journey I can find real happiness with my creator..

I took the example of the Cross as my way of life. For me, the Cross is the way towards sanctity. And with this, to become a saint is not easy.

Our journey towards sanctity starts when we love. It is in loving that we can find the courage to become saints. It is not easy to become a saint. Saints were also humans, too. But if we love Jesus in the brother, then we can be one like them.

Author: sem. Gun Real Omega

The world as a vacuum space for the living and the non-living organism for the past 1000 years is now became a global village, sophisticated with telecommunications devices and modern means of transportations. New innovations are built. Connecting lives has been boosted: by just a simple click of the mouse on the computer and typing message on keypads, one could see their families and friends smiles and hear their sweet voices saying hello! These material things would somehow satisfy once needs but never provide a lasting satisfaction which everyone is craving for.

When I first had a cellular phone, I was really intensified with happiness. I don’t want to miss every single second of not holding it and using it for my own satisfaction. I considered it as my friend. Without my phone my day will not be complete. As time flew swiftly, new models of phones were being offered in the market. The eagerness that I have for my cellular phone was gradually lost. Then, I craved for something new.

Furthermore, I realized that happiness built with material possessions is not the vehicle that will lead me to a true happiness. There are just like candies given to a child by his/her mother as gift for his/her achievement by reading perfectly the ABC’s.

It has been said that, “in every man success there is a woman behind it.” When I first hear this seducing line, I was really seduced. I stood firmly with this belief, and so I searched and I found a woman whom I thought would be a reason for my success. Needless, to say, success precedes happiness. Without any thinking for the possible outcome, I forced my self to be in the midst of risk. I engaged in several intimate relationships from different woman who have different personalities. I experienced vis-à-vis the pleasures of making romance, believing a fallacy that maybe one of them could let me sleep in bed of roses. However, on the other sense, Yes! They able to make me sleep in a bed of happiness but, it was only a snapped. After those mishaps, I realized that, “in every man’s failure, woman is behind it.”

Those experiences are living proof of one paradoxes of happiness. I need more than pleasure in order for me to live the best possible life. In this status quo, my quest for happiness has shriveled to hunt for bliss- “a spiritual happiness and a life protected from bad feelings, rid from pain and dubious.” However, those experiences can foster the qualities of happiness I’ve been looking for because I do believe that only drastic situations can force you to take on the painful process of change and this process will lead us to eternal happiness.

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