If any of you have a chance to catch this on A&E (especially any Catholics or those discerning their call to ministry), I highly recommend it.Â? It takes 4 Catholic young men in their 20’s and traces their path of discernment over a month.Â? In the last episode, they make their decision and then it shows them 6 months later.

It was incredibly powerful for me to watch because I’ve been in their shoes (discerning a call to ordained ministry) though my decision didn’t have to be between God or marriage.Â? (Thank you Martin Luther for lifting the celibacy requirement for clergy!)Â? I’ve seen that since I gave up trying to place myself in seminary, the Lord has showed me a path that I hadn’t thought of taking that incorporates my gifts and is opening a door on finishing up my Master’s degree.Â? I am still discerning but I definitely related to the decision that one of the men made to stop actively discerning and to let the Almighty guide his steps and just live in the present.

For those who wonder about how the Roman Catholic Church is treated in this, be assured that it portrays these men as very “real” people and shows their emotions as they’re going through the process as well as how dedicated they are to their faith.Â? Their faiths are just so beautiful and inspiring and it showed me why I am thankful for the Church’s contribution to my Lutheran heritage.Â? (Martin Luther didn’t start kvetching until 1517.Â? That leaves more than 1450 years of the catholic [i.e. “universal”] Church and the Holy Spirit’s inspiration moving in this world.)

So… if you have an opportunity to see it, please watch it.Â? It is so worth your while.