[Salvation]

I was present for the inaugural Mass of the Year for Priests at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., celebrated by His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick and 130 other priests. It was a glorious liturgy, in which the cardinal elaborated on the gift of ministerial priesthood, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the necessity of asking God to renew priests each day. He implored the laity to celebrate the Year for Priests with priests and for priests so that God might bless them and they might do what God wanted them to do in the year designated for priests. He also praised the priesthood of St. John Vianney, who famously described the priesthood as “the love of the heart of Jesus.”

[Salvation]

St. John Vianney is a model for all believers who seek to radiate the love of the Sacred Heart—a love that is necessary to living the Gospel.

Catholic Ping!