A Good Priest
by VP
Posted on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 12:00AM in Meditations
A good priest described by Jesus Christ. By saying to us that He is the good pastor, He declares that none is a good pastor except as he resembles Him. "The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep." He is ever ready to expose his temporal life to save his people from eternal death.
In the early days of the Church the acceptance of the pastoral charge was a consecration to martyrdom. " I know My sheep, and Mine know Me." Mutual confidence begets mutual affection.
" I give My life for My sheep." It is on Calvary and at the altar that the good priest learns how he ought to love souls.
Source: Meditations for the use of the secular Clergy, Père Pierre Chaignon 1907
