PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Discerning whether to enter a seminary or convent is a heavy task, so much so that many people plead for God to send some sort of sign, or actual words, to help them decide.

Father James Rodriguez recalled his youth at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Jackson Heights, Queens, where he was very devout and even became a sacristan. Family and teachers thought he had priestly potential, but he struggled with that possibility …

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