It's 3 a.m., I must be nervous

It's actually a little after 4:00, but close enough. I woke up extra early with my mind racing. I now have about four hours to think about what sorts of questions I'm likely to be asked and how I might like to answer them. One of the disadvantages of an unusually intelligent and thoughtful parish discernment committee was that I was always being asked unusually intelligent and thoughtful questions. They were penetrating and difficult questions, sometimes, but they always admitted of serious answers. People seeking ordination are so often asked unanswerable questions, and at the moment I'm nervous about being asked those. For example, I've never been able to figure out that old staple of Commission on Ministry questions, "Why do you need to be ordained to do what you feel called to do?" Well, I'm called to be a priest, and you can't be a priest without being ordained. Doesn't really go anywhere, that question.