To be a sentinel is to be someone who watches and prays, someone who stands on a tower and scans the horizon. It is a lonely and often unpopular vocation. It requires great determination and perseverance. It is a prophetic as well as a contemplative task. To be a steward is to be someone who is entrusted with responsibility to look after things, to manage, organise and protect them. The priest is steward of the gospel itself and, even more daunting, of the flock of Christ.
