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Pondering Tidbits of
Truth is my simple and
inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from
time to time.
Father Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
“The secondary
purpose of the grace which the priest receives at ordination is the
sanctification of the faithful. If the priest has the care of souls, he has a
special obligation to strive for holiness of life because of his duty toward
the Mystical Body of Christ. In no other way will he be able to sanctify the
souls committed to his charge or avoid the dangers of the world which are not
to be found in a monastery. (Cf. St. Thomas, loc. cit.)
The priest must be a
man of prayer, mortified and humble. His wisdom and prudence must be
supernatural, and his intention must always be upright and pure. He must
possess that strength of will which is born of great charity and zeal for the
glory of God and the salvation of souls. He should never revolt against
adversity, and in all his work he should have Christ's interest at heart, not
his own. (Cf. Phil. 2:21.) ‘For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, . . .the
odour of life unto life.’ (2 Cor. 2:15-16). ‘Always bearing about in our body
the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in
our bodies.’ (2 Cor. 4:10). That is to say, the priest must share not only in
the priesthood of Christ but also in His state of victim to the degree
determined by the Will of God for the saving of the souls committed to his
care.”
(From The Priest
In Union With Christ)
Frank Moriss
“The Sunday
Christian is no real Christian at all. The Christian vocation is a
seven-days-a- week, 365-days-a-year one. The men and women of God's People are
called to do whatever they can do in service to Christ and His Church. Marking
their labors with the highest virtues their faith inspires, they carry Christ
wherever they go, including the marketplace of everyday life which is the
special realm of the laity. It is impossible truly to keep God's day holy if
one does not attempt to sanctify the weekdays which belong to the world and its
cares.”
(From Heralds of
Christ in the Marketplace)
Rev. M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.
“We moderns shrink
from pain; we shun all that can afflict body or mind. We have forgotten that we
were saved by the Body's agony and the Mind's torture. We have forgotten that
the problem of evil was solved by ropes, whips, and thorns, nails that were
pounded through the flesh of God and by three hours of anguish such as no other
human has or ever will know. We have forgotten that pain has a sacred purpose;
that all suffering can be and should be sublimated into Sacrifice - His Sacrifice.
We have forgotten that we are Christians — members of a Body whose Head is
thorn-crowned! We have forgotten that since there is sin, there must be
suffering that will atone.”
(From God, A
Woman, and the Way)
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