St. Josemaria Escriva' - Priests

The following are quotes by St. Josemaria Escriva' from The Way .

"A priest-whoever he may be-is always another Christ".

"Though you know it well, I want to 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".

"Presbyter-priest-etymologically means an elderly man. If old age deserves a reverence think how much more you ought to revere a priest".

"I insist, those tricks or jokes about a priest, in spite of what may seem to you to be attenuating circumstances, always are at least vulgar, a lack of good manners".

"How we should admire purity in the priesthood! It is a treasure. No tyrant will ever be able to wrest this crown from he Church".

"Don't ever make a priest run the risk of losing his dignity. It is a virtue which, without pompousness, he simply must have..."

"To love God and not to revere the priest...This is not possible".

"Like the good sons of Noah, cover the weaknesses you may see in your father, the priest, with a cloak of charity".