Say "yes" to the Father...
(c)Mary TV 2012
J.M.J
January 27, 2014
St. Angela Merici
Dear Family of Mary!
Today
is the 4th day of our Novena for Priests! Judging by the amount of
spiritual flack I have been encountering, I think we are on the right
track. This may be a very powerful intercession that we are doing
together!!
Novena for Priests - Day Four
"Dear children... Say 'yes' to the Father with the heart and set out on the way of salvation to which He is calling you through the Holy Spirit. Thank you. I am especially praying for the shepherds (priests), for God to help them to be alongside you with a fullness of heart." (May 2, 2011)
Our
"yes" is our response in faith to the call of God. The priest also says
"yes" but in a very deep way, because he gives his entire self to God
without reserve. Sr. Briege continues to teach:
I
work very much in Latin America and in many other parts of the world. I
say to priests that to bring Jesus to our altars is the most beautiful
thing they can do.
I
ask them, "Do you really believe that you have the power, because of
your ordination to bring the living God down on earth? Do you have the
faith that Mary had?"
When
Mary said yes she said yes to give birth, to give her whole body, her
whole being to let Jesus come. It would be difficult because she had to
die to her own plan; she had to die to what she could do and let God
fulfill his will through her. She had to watch as God fulfilled his will
through Jesus.
So
it is with the priest. When he says yes to the priesthood, he has to
die to that part of him that would want to do everything himself, that
would want to straighten out the things that are wrong, that would want
to change the oppressions and the oppressors. He has to die to himself
and let Jesus, through him, be the answer to these problems. He must
recognize that, like Mary, he gives birth to Jesus. Only he can bring
Jesus to us through the Eucharist. (Sr. Briege McKenna. "Miracles Do
Happen." P. 79-80)
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;
their every thought and word and deed, deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
Thank you, dearest Lord, for our priests.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2014
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