Episode 20 -- Life of St Philip Bk III.20 -- Becoming a Priest

What made St Philip become a Catholic priest? 

St Philip had a long time confessor in Rome, Fr Persiano Rosa. Fr Rosa had helped him found the Confraternity of the Holy Trinity. He had encouraged St Philip to go to Mass and communion everyday. But we owe Fr Rosa something even greater. He was the one who persuaded St Philip to accept Holy Orders. How much good came from that decision! In this episode we will read about the rapid process by which St Philip became a priest.

Last episode we read about two of the crucial experiences that shaped St Philip’s life, two visions of saints, including a vision of St John the Baptist. St Philip lived his life in obedience to God’s will. This obedience to the divine Will led him to Rome and the life he lived as an apostle among the laity, a man of prayer and penance.