00:04Spiritual warfare is a fight between Christ and the devil over your spirit.
00:12Missionary territories where you bring the gospel to people who don't know the gospel,
00:19that's where the spiritual warfare takes place.
00:23One of the biggest challenges, if not the biggest, is we don't have enough priests.
00:27Alaska has been known to cause vocation crises.
00:31Dealing with the darkness.
00:32Deep sadness, hopelessness, and despair.
00:36The weather is very challenging.
00:3770 mile per hour winds.
00:39Visibility drops to 50 yards.
00:42Life changes below 40 below.
00:44I've known people who have died out here almost every year I've been out here.
00:48Once you're under the ice, you are gone.
00:50I don't want to come to Alaska and die.
00:53A little confidence can be dangerous.
00:55You're fine until you're nine.
00:57But whatever it is, whatever you do, whatever challenges there are, you do it with Jesus.
01:03We want what God wants.
01:05Bring the light of Christ to others.
01:08The Dominican Mission in Alaska is to bring the sacraments out to as many Catholics as possible.
01:15You learn to respect the cold, but not fear.
01:19You learn to respect rough water, but don't fear.
01:27It's not necessarily easy to live here, but it develops your character, it develops your spiritual faith.
01:35I think they like also the challenge.
01:38I'm going out into the West, and I'm going to uncharted territory.
01:43I'm ready just to show up and just take it one step at a time.
01:47It takes a tough priest.
01:49If you have a very strong mind, you can surely survive and walk in Alaska.
01:53The desire to bring Christ to these communities drives those priests, regardless of snow,
02:00sleet, hail, gloom of night.
02:01People need priests here in Alaska.
02:05This is one of the best places to experience a unique ministry.
02:12I know for a fact that God has called me to this mission.
02:18It really reminds us that we are carrying the bread of life, not through any of our merits,
02:23but simply because God wants to work through us and the people truly need it and call us
02:28to it.
02:29What a better way to say that you're not forgotten is get the Eucharist out there.
02:36I trust God.
