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The Priest's Way to God (Paperback)
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THE life of the diocesan priest is so difficult-it is perhaps the
most difficult of all lives in the Church-that any attempt to help
him, no matter how inadequate, needs no justification. So I make no
apology for publishing a second collection of notes on a subject
which I have already discussed in The Spiritual Life of the Priest.
The matter of these notes is not new to the readers of Pagan
Missions, and it is due to the kindness of the Editor of that
journal that I am able to compile these pages. It is not the only
kindness for which I have to thank him. Despite the high holiness
to which a priest is called and the eminent sanctity of the office
which he fulfills, his life has to be lived amidst all the
difficulties of the world without the protection and the
preparation that is usually given to religious who, as such, are
merely bound to tend to perfection. The diocesan priest therefore
deserves every help that can be given to him to live that life of
perfection which his office demands from him. Where is he to look
for help? To anticipate the final answer to this question, we may
remind him of God's assurance to the great apostle: 'Paul, my grace
is sufficient for thee'. 'The spirit of holiness', conferred on him
in ordination by the very words of the Sacrament, assures him of
this continual grace of God. And, in passing, let us remember that
the word grace implies something given beyond merit, or even
without merit. It is gratuitous. One could truly rewrite the text:
'Paul, my mercy is sufficient for thee. My goodness is sufficient
for thee ' And it might be well to repeat it with a new accent:
'Paul, My goodness is sufficient for thee-do not worry about your
own lack of goodness ' This seems too good to be true. But that is
the great truth-that no man has even conceived the things God has
prepared for those who love him. We are dealing with infinite
Goodness, and only infinite Truth can give it adequate expression.
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