Go Fishing on Ash Wednesday
Obedience is like a Diamond?
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Obedience is like a Diamond in the rough. When diamonds are first pulled out of the ground they can be dirty with mud. They are also in rough shape and not ready to be placed into a ring or a chalice. However, after they are cleaned and cut diamonds are amazingly beautiful and ready to be set. The same is true with obedience. In the beginning, what is asked in obedience might not make sense nor is it desirable. After a while however, the object of obedience becomes as beautiful as a diamond.
An example of this in my own life is when I was first sent to Saint John's as a seminarian. I had never heard of Goshen, NY, until I was assigned there. The first week was rough, I didn't know anyone, there seemed to be noone on the street, and it was very quiet. I originally grew up in the Bronx, so this was all too different for me. After my three years as a seminarian, I was about to be ordained as a priest, and I asked God to give me the gift of being assigned to Saint John's in Goshen, NY.
God was good to me, and I was able to serve my first three years as a priest in Saint John's in Goshen, NY. They were three wonderful years. My diamond in the rough shined brightly. I was very sad to leave my beloved parish and its people. My new diamond in the rough is my new assignment here in Incarnation in Manhattan. I hope that in three years, I will feel the same about my new parish, as I did about my old parish. So far, the people here at Incarnation are wonderful. Please pray for me, and for all priests who have been transferred, that we may get our diamonds in the rough to shine like the Star of David.
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About the Author
Father Adaly Rosado, Jr. was born in the Bronx on the birthday of Our Lady in 1984. He graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School in 2002. He went on to study philosophy at Saint John’s University and graduated with a B.A. in 2007. He graduated from Saint Joseph’s Seminary with in 2011 with a B.A. in Sacred Theology and an Master of Divinity. He served three years as Parochial Vicar in the Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Goshen, NY. He is an active blogger on FatherRosado.com and PadreRosado.com He operates FatherRosado.com Talk Internet Radio, with Joseph Siriotis available at FatherRosado.com/radio In 2014, he released Regresen a Jesús. A Spanish Language audio recording designed to help people return to Jesus in the confessional. He also signed a contract with Heart Beat Records to record a three cd album on the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Stations of the Cross. Father Rosado is currently serves on the Board of Advisers for the Office of Hispanic Ministry of the Archdiocese of New York. His primary responsibility is that of being the Parochial Vicar at Incarnation in New York, NY.
