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Name: Fr Aaron
Country: United States
State: Minnesota
Metro: St. Cloud
Interests: TV & Film, Media, music performance, acting, relationships, conversation, reading, and philosophy -- meditation and prayer are my staple for all these.
Expertise: None but to seek wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
Occupation: Roman Catholic Priest
Industry: Religion & Spirituality
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
5/18/2002
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| What greater gift can our Lord give us in this lifetime than to be conformed to Him in love? And what better way to learn how to love than through sharing in Christ's suffering?
It would seem as though the priesthood God has shared with me will forever be marked in the joy of suffering. The people I serve who find the priesthood a threat to their happiness, the parish context and complexity of personalities as two priests attempt to meet the needs of 6,000+ parishioners, and the pain a spiritual father endures as his spiritual children voluntarily cloud their lives in sin. These moments carry heavy opportunities to love, to suffer in humility, in magnanimity, in charity, to follow Christ as he is misunderstood, slandered, and crucified.
If this is how Christ wishes my perfection (and the perfection of His Church), then how can I say no? | | |
| He is born! God-with-us
What a fascinating reality, that God would become a human being so as to share life with us, guide us, and bring us into perfect friendship with himself...
Peace to you all! May you have a wonderful and joy-filled octave of Christmas!
-Fr Aaron | | |
| Dearest Xangans,
Ministry is sure keeping me busy these days. I realize it has been months since I last posted, just after my ordination, and at my current pace there is not a whole lot of room to set myself down to update.
Nonetheless, it is good to catch up from time to time. Priesthood is great. I am shown a new way of being "Father" every day as i assist in the spiritual lives of about 6000 people between three parishes, downtown St Cloud, MN. It is a very rewarding but taxing ministry to meet souls, draw them to Christ, and help to heal wounds. This is the way our Lord has asked me to serve as priest, to provide healing to those who have been wounded.
I love preaching, praying Mass, and hearing confessions, most. There is something special living a sacramental life as a priest. Each day is another opportunity to see how God's grace is active in the lives of those I encounter.
The Lord has asked me to wear my clerics (black priest outfit) whenever I go out, and the reaction of those who see me is pretty inspiring. People find it hard to believe someone my age is really a priest. Many 'double-takes' and stares greet me as I shop, walk, or eat out. More than a few times I have been stopped for a "quick confession" or a friendly "thank you for being a priest".
Many more stories can be told, but I must get my rest for tomorrow's heavy Mass schedule (four for me this weekend).
God bless you all. You are in my prayers.
-Fr Aaron | | |
| For those who might one day drive through central Minnesota, please feel free to drop in and say hello at one of my new parish assignments:
a brand new tri-parish cluster, downtown St Cloud
Cathedral of St Mary
Church of St Augustine
Christ Church Newman Center (at St Cloud State University)
Yours truly will be the new "parochial vicar" of all three.
*Parochial Vicar means 'associate pastor' but specifically a priest, since sometimes deacons and lay people are refered to as associate pastors, depending on their roles in the parish.
I start at the end of the month! | | |
| I'M A PRIEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pictures soon.
Thank you for your prayers, all.
-Fr Aaron Kuhn
Ordained a Priest forever
June 16th, 2007
St Cloud, Minnesota | | |
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