20.06.2014 Views

Untitled - Saints' Books

Untitled - Saints' Books

Untitled - Saints' Books

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

&quot;<br />

1 84 Material for Sermons. [PART i<br />

pertain to God. 1 Before you were ordained priest, says<br />

St. Athanasius, you might devote yourself to any occu<br />

pation you wished, but now that you are a priest, you<br />

must be employed in the fulfilment of the office for<br />

which you are destined. 2 And what is the nature of<br />

this office ? One of its principal duties is, as we have<br />

shown, to labor for the salvation of souls. This doc<br />

trine is confirmed by St. Prosper, who says: To priests<br />

properly belong the care of saving souls.&quot; :<br />

1 &quot;<br />

2 &quot;<br />

3 &quot;<br />

Stulto labore consumeris. . . . Esto tu populo in his quae ad<br />

Deum pertinent.&quot;<br />

Exod. xviii. 18.<br />

Id scire oportet, te, priusquam ordinabaris, tibi vixisse; ordinatum<br />

autem, illis quibus ordinatus est.&quot; Ep. ad Dracont.<br />

Sacerdotibus proprie animarum curandarum sollicitudo commissa<br />

est.&quot; De Vita cont. 1. 2., c. 2.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!