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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Clergy Convocation
Yesterday we started our annual FALL CLERGY CONVOCATION here at The Mountain Lodge in Park City, Utah. We have Father Ronald Knott as our speaker. This year's theme is 'Diocesan Clergy Spiritual Growth. Fr. Knott is saying that the main goal of every priest is to deepen his personal holiness and influence others, meaning the people he serves into the way God wants them to be.
The PRIEST needs to be obedient to the bishop his superior where he shares his mission. Obedience means to be unattached to ones own personal preferences and his own points of view.
The PRIEST needs to know how to lead his people spiritually like a good shepherd. A good shepherd who walks ahead of his flock with a voice pleasing to them and follow him and not a dog - sheep method of leading his flock.
A PRIEST who scolds his flock is an ineffective and inefficient servant leader. He should be an example of humility and meekness in the community.
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