Thank you, Father

The gift of priesthood

‘These men are witness to our fragile, intimate selves, but cannot share their own inner selves with us’
PHOTO: PEXELS/COTTONBRO STUDIOS

Vulnerable and flawed, they are ordinary men who live at one remove from everyday life yet are witness to its secrets; Vulnerable and flawed, they are ordinary men who live at one remove from everyday life yet are witness to its secrets; they glimpse the spirit at work in the lives of others; they are at our baptism and they are at our burial; they are a link between our ancestors and our descendants.

Vulnerable and flawed, they are ordinary men who live at one remove from everyday life yet are witness to its secrets; they glimpse the spirit at work in the lives of others; they are at our baptism and they are at our burial; they are a link between our ancestors and our descendantsy glimpse the spirit at work in the lives of others; they are at our baptism and they are at our burial; they are a link between our ancestors and our descendants

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