My friend Denise emailed me the following: The bold emphasis was added by me. I believe I have posted this previously, maybe in the Summer when I visited my parents and read The Way there but it is always a good reminder.
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A Priest — whoever he may be — is always another Christ
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Though you well know it, I shall remind you again that a Priest is 'another Christ'. And that the holy Spirit has said: 'Nolite tangere Christos meos — do not touch my Christs'
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Presbyter — Priest — means, literally, an elderly man. If old age deserves veneration, think how much more you ought to venerate the Priesthood
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It shows very little refinement — and great lack of respect — to make fun of a Priest, whoever he is, and whatever the pretext!
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Don't place a Priest in peril of losing his dignity. It is a virtue which, without being pompous, he simply must have.
How that young cleric — a friend of ours — prayed for it: 'Lord, grant me... eighty years of dignity!'
Pray for it for the whole Priesthood, and you will have done a good thing
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It cut you to the heart to hear people say that you had spoken badly of those Priests. And I am glad that it hurt: for now I am sure you have the right spirit!
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To love God and not venerate his Priests... is not possible.
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Like the good sons of Noah, throw the mantle of charity over the defects you see in your father, the Priest.
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