Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Without the Sacrament of Holy Orders, we would not have the Lord. Who put Him in that tabernacle? The priest. Who welcomed your soul at the beginning of your life? The priest. Who feeds your soul and gives it strength for its journey? The priest. Who will prepare it to appear before God, bathing it one last time in the blood of Jesus Christ? The priest, always the priest, And if this soul should happen to die [as a result of sin], who will raise it up, who will restore its calm and peace? Again, the priest…After God, the priest is everything!...Only in heaven will he fully realize what he is.   St. John Marie Vianney

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons) For Missionary Servants of the Poor it is a great privilege to represent the Church and the Holy Father in the midst of the poor. When the missions of the Third World are spoken of, many think that the best way to help the poor is to address their material needs: clothing, medicine, food, etc. In my life as missionary, after forty-six years, I have realized that the greatest gift we can give the poor is God and His divine grace through the Sacraments of the Church.   Father Giovanni Salerno, Founder