>> Hey. If you're considering a vocation in the church,
talk to your pastor, talk to your priest.
It's a wonderful career.
It's a wonderful calling.
You're brought into people's lives when -- sometimes in the most difficult circumstances,
but you're also brought into people's lives in the happiest, most joyful times.
I get to go to wedding receptions all the time, you know, and have a great time and party away;
but I'm also there for when people lose their grandma or grandpa or when they lose their job
or when they get a job promotion.
I mean, it's -- I get to -- I'm invited into people's lives, and it's a privilege.
What an honor.
And I don't think there's a whole lot of positions
in the world that are like that anymore.
I mean, no one calls up their lawyer or their doctor and says, "Hey,
I just got a promotion today," or "Hey, I'm having a tough time.
Can I talk with you?"
It's, I think, probably one of the last jobs that are like that,
that you're just invited into people's lives.
I find myself in the living rooms and offices of people
that I serve all the time, and it's really cool.
Really neat.