What are the hardest parts of being a priest?

What are the hardest parts of being a priest?

The hardest part of being a priest, for me, is the fact that I would never have a wife or children. It's become harder for me now than I initially would have, when I joined, especially when I see my own brothers having their wives, their families, and all that. I think that is the hardest part for me, is that I go alone to bed, and that's it. The other parts of priesthood, of priestly life that's difficult, is when there are things that the church says and within myself I struggle to understand it, but I still have to put forward the face or the voice of the church in the public arena. Sometimes I struggle with that, issues that, in terms of personal or in terms of conscience I would have a difficulty with. What I also find difficult in priesthood is when people see my role as a person who represents the church and therefore are pointing at me as the one who's stopping them from doing whatever it is when I'm only becoming a voice, really, at times for the church.