Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

[The Eucharist must be the source and center of every human life and most especially in the lives of our priests and religious. Why, dear Lord, do so many of us remain obstinately opposed to this Truth? Why don't more of us treasure this great Gift?  Why have so many turned deaf ears to the prophets whom You have sent to us? Why are so few willing to quench Your thirst to be loved? Why, dear Lord, why?] "The moral rot of the priesthood starts with a want of lively faith in the Divine Presence, and the sanctity of the priesthood starts there too." Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

The pastor’s primary concern should be the tabernacle, not the rectory, not the ego, but the Lord, not his comfort, but God's glory.  Venerable  Fulton J. Sheen 

What is a priest?  We must begin by purifying ourselves before purifying others; we must be instructed to be able to instruct, become light to illuminate, draw closer to God to bring Him close to others; be sanctified to sanctify; lead by the hand and counsel prudently.   (Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) I know whose ministers we are, where we find ourselves and to where we strive.  I know God's greatness and man's weakness, but also his potential.    The priest is the defender of truth, who stands with angels, gives glory with archangels, causes sacrifices to rise to the altar on high, shares Christ's priesthood, refashions creation, restores it in God's image, recreates it for the world on high and, even greater, is divinized and divinizes.  St. Gregory of Nazianzus