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This week the three priests try some Lectio Divina with Matthew 19:16-22, the story of the Rich Young Man. Enjoy.

The three priests have spoken often of their difficulties in seminary, which led one listener to ask, 'Why did you stay in?' As the new school year begins to start, the priests look back at their reasons for staying the course. Plus, they teach you some hip new slang to take back to school with you. Say less. (Am I using that right?)

A more somber episode. The reality of the abuse scandal cannot, nor should it be ignored, when discussing the possibility of discerning the priesthood. In this week's edition, the three priests talk about how it affected their discernment, their time in seminary and how they choose to live their priesthood.

What are you enthusiastic about? Not just what do you want to do, but what gives you life, animates your interrior, causes your heart to surge? Being able to answer that, can be a way to help you discern your vocation. Also, did you know Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was a fan of the 4th of July? Who knew? Clearly, Fr. Chad did not.

A listener writes: "Diocesan priests all live so differently from one another! They seem to all have very different spiritualities, different gifts and different talents which seem to shape the focus of their pastoral ministry. In what ways can these different gifts/talents be lived out in diocesan priesthood and in what ways have these differences affected the focus of your individual lives in the priesthood?" In this episode the priests attempt to answer this question while discussing the many different gifts and unique personalities of their brother priests.

A call to the priesthood or religious life is a call to serve others. One of the ways we can tune ourselves to that discernment is getting out of our own head and taking concrete actions to volunteer and serve--even if it is just pulling weeds at your local college catholic campus center.

Summer is here. Time for ice-cream, saints and sanctifying the ordinary parts of life. The time for growing in holiness is not in the past or in the future, but right here in the moment. In this episode the three priests discuss discernment as it relates to the holiness of everyday life and what that really looks like.

The final installment in our hosts sharing their vocation stories. This one includes bad hair, bad poetry, bad life decisions and a rickshaw. God's grace overcomes it all. This is how a priest gets made.

What is it like to operate as an alter Christus, another Christ, in the confessional? This was another espisode recorded early on as a practice episode, simply the priests talking about their experiences in the confessional. However, we felt it was a good enough conversation, that it merited being shared. We hope you enjoy.

Looking for juicy stories of the priests dating lives before seminary? If so...you're going to be disappointed. This week Fr. Garett, Fr. Drew and Fr. Chad discuss the connections between dating and discernment, the positive and the negative and their own personal experiences.