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Priestly Vocation and Tonsure (Paperback)
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Wherefore in our country, where aspirants to the priesthood must
make a goodly part of their training in colleges where the
influence is worldly rather than ecclesiastical, it is the
exception that has anything but a hazy notion of his calling. In
fact it is not of rare occurrence that the student learns of
Tonsure and the character of the clerical state for the first time
only after entering the seminary. The development of a true
clerical spirit is, however, of absolute necessity, and often this
means a radical change. Anything that will help to this is
certainly invaluable. This little book has a proven efficacy in
this work; for much depends on the preparation made for each
successive ordination. The aspirant who has a good understanding of
each Order he receives and is imbued with its spirit, is blessed
indeed. This book treats exhaustively of the first step in the
clerical career, both as to instruction and meditation, being the
ripe frui t of a rich experience. To be thoroughly impressed and
imbued with the truths of faith, prayer is indispensable. They must
be reflected upon at leisure, the reasons seriously weighed, the
consequences foreseen as far as possible, firm and definite
resolutions as to conformity of thought and act must be taken, and
finally fervent aspirations made in order to bring down upon one's
self the graces of Heaven, without which it is impossible to strive
for or maintain the perfection of the clerical life. For if it is
profitable to study and read, still more profitable is it to have
recourse to God, to invoke His Holy Spirit, and to render one's
self worthy of His communications. Pure and humble souls gain more
through prayer than study. A ray of God's illuminating grace which
brings a truth home to our souls, a word of that interior voice,
feebly uttered perhaps, but which comes from heaven to our groping
hearts, or a pious emotion making us to forget self and hasten to
God, gives us more light and strength and leads us farther on the
road to sanctification than all the tomes and treatises written.
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