tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post6449814917242008778..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Surpassing UnderstandingAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-87629464346569253462009-06-28T21:56:49.131-05:002009-06-28T21:56:49.131-05:00angelmeg ~ I don't think there CAN be a balanc...angelmeg ~ I don't think there CAN be a balance in parish work. I am watching our Youth Minister give more than she has, and as much as she tries to justify it, she'd headed for burnout. She doesn't take time off and clearly NEEDS it. <br /><br />I'm not called to this...if I did what she is doing, I'd have collapsed long ago, and would probably not even be Catholic anymore. Or anything.<br /><br />People don't know what it's like within a parish...and they don't care. They just want their services. They want to come and get their salvation without personal responsibility. <br /><br />Bring on the nails and the cross...it is truly the only way the Church continues. Why should parish emps be any different than Christ?Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-70699885628817934582009-06-27T10:39:42.065-05:002009-06-27T10:39:42.065-05:00I worked in full time parish ministry for 6 years ...I worked in full time parish ministry for 6 years at a parish that (one parishioner told me point blank before I took the job) would suck the life out of me, because it had done so to everyone else who had held my job before me.<br /><br />I both loved and hated my work, and by the time I left the parish there were a few parishioners who were sucking the life out of me, while others were feeding me. There just wasn't enough of a balance to keep my work life healthy.<br /><br />I pray that you continue to find that balance while you work there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239198273681288577noreply@blogger.com