Otto Fernando Arana Mont is a seminarian of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. Before entering the seminary, he worked for more than 11 years in education as a teacher, tutor and family educational advisor. He studied Philosophy, Literature and Education.
He is currently training at Bidasoa, where he enjoys subjects such as Patrology, Pentateuch and historical books, as well as the Synoptic Gospels and Acts of the Apostles, complementing his interest in Sacred Scripture with the Biblical Hebrew course and the Advanced Greek seminar.
"Thanks to this, I have been able to continue to discover with amazement the dream that God has for my life, in formation towards the priesthood."
"God always surprises us with His love and generosity, which He likes to make present through the souls He chooses to be faithful continuators of His work, helping, in this case, each one of us who has been called to respond freely to this invitation of Jesus Himself that has resounded for so many centuries: "Follow me" (Mt 9:9).
Remember constantly the words that Jesus had already said, thinking of you and of all those who, receiving the gift of generosity, would help those whom he called to be with him: "And whoever gives even a cup of fresh water to one of these little ones to drink just because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will not go unrewarded" Mt 10:42.
How great will be the embrace and eternal reward that God will give you for having helped him in the formation of your priests! All the Masses that will be celebrated to adore, praise, bless, thank and ask God for forgiveness; the multitudes of souls who will receive forgiveness for their sins because there is a priest who can confess them, all those who with a timely counsel that God through their minister will give them can approach him and change their lives.
I will continue to have you present before the Altar of God in the Holy Mass, in my prayers and other offerings that the Lord will accept for each one of you. May the Triune God bless you, may Our Mother watch over you and may St. Joseph protect you always and everywhere".
