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>> My name is Father Jerry Riney,
and I am a Catholic priest,

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pastor here, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

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Actually I'm in my 15th year as pastor.

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Part of my job, though is to help people grow in
their relationship with God and with the Lord.

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And so I have the privilege, really,
of sharing in people's lives at,

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at joyous moments like weddings
and 25th and 50th anniversaries.

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Last week, I was at a, a birthday for
a lady in the parish who turned 99.

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So, graduations and all of that kind of thing,
weddings, baptisms, all those joyous occasions.

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And I also have the privilege of
walking with people in tough times.

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When they lose their jobs, when their
marriage is on the rocks, when, you know,

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tragedy comes to their, death, and those types
of dieing situations, and I think my job is to,

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in a [inaudible], is to connect the
word of God to the people's real life.

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You know, when they leave, they feel

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like they have something that's
going to help them that week.

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I'm in this because of faith and
I believe that God has called me,

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and that call for me was very real.

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It was just as real as the call of Jeremiah,
and in the first chapter of Jeremiah talks

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about this young man who was called
as a teenager to be a prophet of God,

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and I felt that call when I was pretty
young, to be honest, and, you know,

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I struggled with it, for a while.

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And yet, finally, after dealing with
some of the issues of not being married,

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choosing not to marry, and choosing not

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to have children are my own,
which were very tough decisions.

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You know, I, I just, I enjoy, if I think
if you're called to this kind of vocation,

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I think there's nothing that
will make you happier.