Palkó Julián OFM - A szeretet, amitől kékebb az ég 1 rész

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Podcast program of the Mátra Sparrow Szentkút National Shrine. [music] Praise be to Jesus Christ. I will eat forever . I warmly welcome our dear listeners to the Holy Well podcast series. Here in Szentkút we are talking today with Father Julián Palco. Thank you very much for accepting my invitation. At the beginning of our conversation, they

would like to invite you to tell us a little about the history of your profession. Well, this is a long story, and it began in my mother's womb, just as the Lord declared through the prophet Jeremiah, that before I formed you in your mother's womb I knew you, before you were born I sanctified you and

ordained you a prophet for the benefit of the nations, this was not only true for the prophet Jeremiah , but I think it is true for every single person, that the good God creates people for something. And in my case, it's a Franciscan priest, which I still am. [throat clearing] Saint Paul's letter to the Galatians

also speaks similarly about this, when he says that when it pleased God, who had chosen me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, to declare and reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the nations , I did not listen to flesh and blood. This is a very concise

formulation of not only the vocation of the apostle in general , but also of the priestly vocation in general. Let's say the successor of the apostle is the bishop and that is the third degree of the priesthood. The second degree is the priesthood. That is, God creates man to be a priest or a monk