You have a responsibility to discern the process fully. Ultimately, it is a free choice – God is not going to force you or to condemn you, but He offers the life of the priesthood as He offered complete consecration to the rich young man who was free to leave⦠but sad. Consider this – the souls that would have been provided for. St. Terese of Lisieux said that we can respond to the Lord with different levels of generosity.