Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Msgr. Roger Landry talks with Father James Mason of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota about his own vocation story, his former life working in law, and how many young men entering the seminary today are moved by the Real Presence within the Eucharist.
00:00 Introduction
01:52 Discovering priestly vocation
04:00 Priesthood was first not on the radar
07:50 Family life and upbringing
09:10 Life as a lawyer to priestly vocation
10:15 'Crucifixion of my time...'
11:30 Parish priest to rector of a seminary
14:16 The joy of a retreat
14:51 'In the silence God speaks...'
23:42 Great gifts of young priests today
27:10 The role of masculinity in formation and vocation
28:55 Thoughts on the work of formation
33:20 Discerning those men that don't have a priestly vocation
36:54 Maximizing parish life in today's world
37:20 Living in a world where people go by their preferences
42:20 Finding joy in the priesthood