My Son chose them...
(c)Mary TV 2013
J.M.J
January 26, 2014
Dear Family of Mary!
Novena for Priests - Day Three
"...I call you to pray with all your heart for your shepherds, because my Son chose them. Thank you." (August 2, 2011)
Sr. Briege continues:
I
sensed God asking me to go into the world and remind bishops and
priests with this word, "It is not humility to deny the power of the
priesthood, but it is humility to acknowledge that I have chosen them. I
have chosen them not because they are holy, not because they are better
than others, but I've chosen them because of my mercy, love, and
compassion for humanity. It is because of this mercy, love, and
compassion, that I use them to make myself present. But how I long to do
it more effectively through them! Go out and tell them to believe in
me." (Sr. Briege McKenna. "Miracles Do Happen." P. 74)
A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord. Keep them, for they are Thine The priests whose lives burn out before Thy consecrated shrine.
Keep them, for they are in the world though from the world apart.
When earthly treasures tempt, allure - Shelter them in Thy heart.
Keep them and comfort them in hours of loneliness and pain,
when all their life of sacrifice for souls seems but in vain.
Keep them and remember Lord, they have no one but Thee.
They have only human hearts, with human frailty.
Keep them as spotless as the Host, that daily they caress;
they every thought and word and deed, deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
God
has chosen our priests to become our link with Him, because He loves us
so very much. Being chosen is a great and terrible reality. The men who
have accepted this call are laying down their entire lives for us. We
can only be filled with awe and gratitude.
Thank you, dearest Lord, for our priests.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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