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Seminarian Spotlight

Wayne Romero Jr.

St. Gregory Babarigo Church parish, Houma n What is one of your favorite liturgical celebrations? n What is one of your favorite prayers?

My favorite is the Easter vigil Mass during Holy Week. Every single year that particular celebration moves me in a way that can’t be expressed. The candles, the hymns, the anticipation of Jesus’s resurrection the following day, all of which is boiled down to us receiving him in the Eucharist. It’s just an incredible movement of my heart that words can’t describe.

“Oh God, I want to want what you want. Help me to want to be what you want me to be. Here I am Lord, I have come to do your will … Jesus, I love you.” n What is something you learned during your time as a seminarian that greatly impacted you and continues to stay with you?

To be patient is the big one. The best advice that I was given about discerning priesthood is to not discern what might happen 10 years, five years, two weeks from now, but to discern God’s will daily and do whatever he tells you to do by the day. That way you’ll eventually be able to put all the “puzzle pieces” together in order to see the bigger picture. So, patience is key was the biggest lesson that I learned.

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