PRIESTHOOD

       Pastors -Alphonsus Liguori
  Eucharistic adoration for priests
     Living from the Heart of the Priesthood -Mary Kaufman, published by IncarnateInstitute.org
Why not a priest vocations promo
       New order of priests.  Jesus speaks to Ven. Conchita.

Victim
       Jesus Priest and Victim -Mons Arthur Calkins
  Padre Pío, priest and victim -Mons Arthur Calkins  

Benedict XVI:
Blessed Virgin Mary and the Priesthood -Benedict XVI
      The Priest: A man converted and renewed by the Spirit  -Benedict XVI
Letter to priest, year of priests -Benedict XVI

Priests

We are praying earnestly for the renewal of the priesthood. Holy priests filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, who are victims with the Victim for love to conquer the world for Him. 

• Priests are called:

  • Victim souls, embracing the cross every day.
    -"He (S. John M. Vianney) was accustomed, when celebrating, also to offer his own life in sacrifice. He said: 'What a good thing it is for a priest each morning to offer himself to God in sacrifice!'"  -From Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Priests, in honor of the Year of the Priesthood, 2009 
    -Slaves of Christ, humble servants as "Alter Christus"
    -Dedicated to holy priestly oblation in the ministry: -From Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Priests, in honor of the Year of the Priesthood, 2009: "This deep personal identification with the Sacrifice of the Cross led him (S. John M. Vianney) - by a sole inward movement - from the altar to the confessional. Priests ought never to be resigned to empty confessionals or the apparent indifference of the faithful to this Sacrament. In France, at the time of the Cure of Ars, confession was no more easy or frequent than in our own day, since the upheaval caused by the revolution had long inhibited the practice of religion. Yet he sought in every way, by his preaching and his powers of persuasion, to help his parishioners to rediscover the meaning and beauty of the Sacrament of Penance, presenting it as an inherent demand of the Eucharistic presence. He thus created a "virtuous" circle. By spending long hours in church before the tabernacle, he inspired the faithful to imitate him by coming to visit Jesus with the knowledge that their parish priest would be there, ready to listen and offer forgiveness. Later, the growing numbers of penitents from all over France would keep him in the confessional for up to sixteen hours a day. It was said that Ars had become "a great hospital of souls". His first biographer relates that "the grace he obtained [for the conversion of sinners] was so powerful that it would pursue them, not leaving them a moment of peace!". The saintly Cure reflected something of the same idea when he said: "It is not the sinner who returns to God to beg his forgiveness, but God Himself who runs after the sinner and makes him return to Him". "This good Saviour is so filled with love that He seeks us everywhere".

  • Celebrate Holy Mass with deep reverence
    -From Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Priests, in honor of the Year of the Priesthood, 2009: "educating the faithful to the Eucharistic presence and to communion proved most effective when they saw him (St. J.M. Vianney) celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Those present said that 'it was not possible to find a finer example of worship. ... He gazed upon the Host with immense love'. 'All good works, taken together, do not equal the sacrifice of the Mass' - he would say - 'since they are human works, while the Holy Mass is the work of God'. He was convinced that the fervour of a priest's life depended entirely upon the Mass: 'The reason why a priest is lax is that he does not pay attention to the Mass! My God, how we ought to pity a priest who celebrates as if he were engaged in something routine!'

  • Eucharistic adoration and daily prayer.

  • Poor, celibate and obedient. 
    We embrace these with our whole heart, in union with Christ, as gifts from God to be lived to their fullest mystical meaning. 

    • Poor:  Free from attachments. We are only administrators, not owners, of what God puts in our hands.

    • celibate

    • Obedient: Faithful obedience to the magisterium and our superiors.

  • Yield to the Holy Spirit´s life within us. 

  • Formation in the truth in humble docility to the mysteries of the faith.  
    -Imitating Mary who believed and kept all in her heart.
    -Believe like Francisco and Jacinta of Fatima, with simplicity, passion and courage.
    -Attentive to Holy Father's teaching
    -"Maintain the Truth Lovingly and always Love Truthfully" -Pope John Paul II

  • Preachers of the full Gospel

  • Consecrated to the Blessed Mother.
    -This should be show in our behavior and teaching.
    -Read: Mother of God of Priests, Diary of St Faustina  #1585

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide” (John 15:16)

"And one does not take this honor upon himself; but he is called by God just as Aaron was. "(Heb. 5:4)

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. " (Jer.1:5)