"Is my life a parliamentary session? Handsome and worn-out priests: 22 Years as a Priest" by Fr. Dufe Joseph Ndzelen OFM Cap.
By Fr. Dufe Joseph Ndzelen OFM Cap. April 28, 2000 to April 28, 2022 This is a long post. But if you care, and think that this opening reminder is not enough, you could still remind me in the comments section that it is/was long. If you are asked how a priest should look like, what would you propose? What image would you offer? Sometimes I am marvelled at the speed with which my hair turned gray – then I am consoled by the fact that there are some priests who would have even gone for the whitest hairs on high speed, but unfortunately they have not got even a strand of hair on their heads. Once upon a time one of my sisters told me that one girl had told her that I was too handsome to be a priest – that she wondered why I decided to waste my life; “did he have a failed affair”, the girl had insisted to know. In another occasion another lady boldly gathered courage, approached me and said similar things herself directly to me, asking if I will really leave this world without keeping what