and satisfaction as well as its labor and difficulty. Any other form of personal self-fulfillment is misleading in the selection process, and it will cause even greater problems down the road, when pride and vainglory become enormous impediments to the exercise of a faithful ministry. For all these reasons, the candidate’s inward sense of calling is much less important compared to the discernment of the community. One can enter pastoral leadership either by willingly seeking it, or by being urged