Ep 98 - O God What a Life, and it is Yours, O Priest of Jesus Christ!

St. John Vianney pours himself out for the people.

Poem

Thou Art a Priest Forever

by Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, OP (1802-1861)  

To live in the midst of the world with no desire for its pleasures; to be a member of every family, yet belonging to none; to share all sufferings; to penetrate all secrets, to heal all wounds; to daily go from men to God to offer Him their homage and petitions; to return from God to men to bring them His pardon and hope; to have a heart of fire for charity and a heart of bronze for chastity; to bless and to be blest forever. O God, what a life, and it is yours, O Priest of Jesus Christ! Amen.

Books

The Curé d'Ars - Msgr François Trochu

The Secret of the Cure d'Ars – Henri Gheon

Links

Program of Priestly Formation (PPF), 6th edition

Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary