Communications for Seminarians

          I have in mind countless insights that I want to share with you. I can’t count with my fingers the things I want to impart, the topic I want to discuss. However, I realized and deemed it more important to first say something about the significance of communication for me which I believe one of the subtlest things to do in the course of my studies.

        I am certain that not all of us  will become priests few years from now, not all of us will end up standing on the Altar of God in front of hundreds of people, preaching, not all of us will turn-out teaching the people of God to create a change in their lives for the better through priesthood and be a model of it.

          Thus, we can never be certain who among us will make it. We can never be so sure who among us will become priests someday.

So, in the long run, we will resort to pursuing another career, another field of endeavor, which I hope, will be a well-thought one for each of us.

       In the Status quo, in a group of people who received equal scholastic training, it is rather reasonable to ask what makes one person more effective than others, more successful than others.

         I think it is the ability to express one’s self more clearly and explicitly.

        It can also be one’s power to make eligible and logical decisions that more often than not needs to risk the whole office through considering not only one’s own perspective but also that of others which usually requires one proper disposition.

        And, most importantly, it is one’s ability to do well with his colleagues and, perhaps, in one way or the other apprehend his adversaries.

           Nevertheless, if God would only will it that I would become a priest, I would be truly grateful. And I want to express that gratitude by rendering efficient and quality-wise service to all most especially to his people.

           I am convinced that priesthood is not a mere contemplation; it is a total submission of one's self to others. Priesthood is not simply talking about God; it is practically one’s highest expression of how he knows God and one’s strongest conviction that, indeed, there is God. Priesthood is never a form of egoism; it will forever be an outward manifestation of altruism through knowing more about others and embracing their culture in the process of one’s own self-discovery.

            I believe that we can only fulfill these when we know how to TALK, when we know how to communicate well.

          Moreover, as seminarians aspiring to become priests, it is but important to bear in mind that our communication skills will serve as our stepping stone towards the mileage of success and personal growth in this vocation.

        In the end, whatever happens, whatever this precarious life brings, may it be surprisingly far from what we expect, our success will most probably rely on our communication skills particularly our proficiency in oral communication.

    In whatever path we would wish to undertake, our communication skill would always matter especially when we have the desire to go beyond the walls of our limitations and be more professionally and economically competent in this world where, figuratively, only the fittest survives.