Shadows of Augustine: Year for Priests

Friday, June 19, 2009

Year for Priests

Not only is today the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it's also the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Vianney, the Cure of Ars and patron saint of parish priests. Pope Benedict XVI has declared a Year for Priests, beginning today.

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My Lord God
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that my desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always
though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
- Thomas Merton (1915-1968)