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Devotions
"The Catholic priesthood must have the spirit of discipline, or, to use a more deeply Christian word, obedience. It is obedience which binds together all ranks into the harmony of the Church's Hierarchy."
-- Pope Pius XI (On the Catholic Priesthood)
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For a Lost Vocation
Divine Saviour Jesus Christ,
Thou are the Good Shepherd who gives His life for His sheep.
Oh, be in a very special way the Good Shepherd of those poor lost
priests who are also appointed by Thee to be leaders of Thy people,
but who have broken the oath of their holy ordination and have become
unfaithful to their exalted calling. Bestow upon these poorest of the
poor the very fullness of that pastoral solicitude with which Thou dost
so faithfully seek the sheep that are lost! Touch their hearts with the irresistible
ray of grace which emanates from Thine all-merciful love!
Enlighten their minds and strengthen their wills, that they may
turn away from all sin and error and come back to Thy holy altar and to Thy people.
Amen
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