Peter says " Lord, we have left everything and followed you" . And Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come ." Religious Profession is my commitment to God! - Art. I believe that. We have left everything and the Lord repays us not just in the next life but also now. He is already giving me a hundredfold blessings. I would like to give a personal reflection of my blessings as a priest. I speak only for myself. People always say to me "I will pray that you will persevere in your vocation because religious life is a life of sacrifice". Then I tell them "what sacrifice? I have so much joy being a religious". Why do they think