Well, I think I was quite unhappy in my teenage years.
It's certainly a very turbulent period to live through and certainly very emotional as well.
When I was 17, I had inklings that I had some sense of a calling from God.
I had an idea that I was very interested in the Church.
When I was at university I really discovered and explored that opportunity
and eventually was received into the Catholic Church.
When I told my friends that I was going to train to be a priest
I had a wide range of reactions,
from deep admiration to funny sniggering reactions.
Previously as a teenager, perhaps more susceptible to peer pressure and what other people thought,
but as I've grown older, those issues tend to disappear a bit more.
That doesn't mean faith's boring, I think faith is very exciting
and there's many great things that come out from faith.
You have joy, hope, patience, self control, peace.
If that does mean a few compromises in a few small areas in your life
then those are the small compromises that you might
have to make to deepen your relationship with God.