Homily A priest Forever

November 9, 2009

Tags: Priesthood

Pope Benedict XVI announced the "Year for the Priest," -from June 19, 2009 and ending on June 19, 2010- on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney.

Here is the homily A Priest Forever, on which ponders the nature of the Catholic priesthood , its necessity, dignity, relation to the Mass, as well as the relation between priests and laity in the Church.

The homily was published in the book In Love with the Church with two others given in 1972-73, when the author suffered much over the confusion of the post-conciliar years. The title captures his attitude of filial love for the Church that permeates these pages.

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The Pope speaks to more than 15.000 at the closing of the Year for Priests

About 15,000 priests participated in the Vatican in a special ceremony to end the Year for Priests. The pope has answer questions presented by five of them about priesthood, celibacy, vocations and theology.