O Priest of Jesus Christ!
by VP
Posted on Sunday August 19, 2018 at 12:00AM in Poetry
To live in the midst of the world without wishing its pleasures;
To be a member of each family, yet belonging to none;
To share all sufferings;
To penetrate all secrets;
To heal all wounds;
To go from men to God and offer Him their prayers;
To return from God to men to bring pardon and hope;
To have a heart of fire for charity and a heart of bronze for chastity;
To teach and to pardon, console and bless always.
My God, what a life! And it is yours, O Priest of Jesus Christ!
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By Lacordaire
source: Scarboro Missions Magazine, 1960
