plan. It shows that it is possible with God’s help to see sexuality in God’s eyes and find joy and have fulfilling relationships without going to bed with someone. You cannot be fired from the priesthood. If your work is incompetent then you can be removed from your duties. Retiring is also an option. Priests can retire from active ministry and become involved in volunteer work because they can never from their love for the people. Unfournately, women are not allowed to be in the priesthood. The Church believes that God has plans for women that do not include the priesthood. Priests represent the person of Jesus in his place in the Church. Priests do for the good of the people what only Jesus could do by changing bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ and absolve people from their sins. The gender of the priest also plays a major role. The Church feels that a man should be portrayed by another man and women played by women. God still gives women an important role in the Church. They are called to marry, have kids, and become nuns. There have been wonderful women in the Church like: Mary, mother of God; Cecilia, Agnes, Teresa of Avila, and Catherine. Women today are challenged to respond to the Gospel of Jesus and bring him to the world just like past generations of women have done.Recently there has been a decline in men entering the priesthood. No one specific reason is given for this. Some reasons are: the rapid pace of change in the world, the unwillingness of many people to make a permanent commitment to any one thing, and the misunderstanding about the priesthood. Another reason could be that God’s call is just a whisper and some people do not hear it because their lives are so busy. In an effort to encourage more priests, The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) developed a three year program called “Future Full of Hope” in 1996. Their goal is to encourage pa...
