Thou Art a Priest Forever
(by Fr. J.B. Henri Lacordaire, OP)

To live in the midst of the world with no desire for its pleasure…
To be a member of every family yet belonging to none…

To share all sufferings; to penetrate all secrets; to heal all wounds…
To daily go from men to God to offer Him their petitions…

To return from God to men to offer them His hope…
To have a heart of fire for charity and a heart of bronze for chastity…
To bless and be blest forever.

O God, what a life, and it is yours, O Priest of Jesus Christ!