Download or read book Daily Thought for Priests written by abbé John Baptist Hogan and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Daily Thoughts for Priests written by J. Hogan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MOST priests, especially in missionary countries such as ours, are busy men. Interests of all kinds, religious and secular, their own and those of their people, claim their attention almost every day, and at all hours of the day. Those who escape this constant pressure of business or of duty are still liable to be caught up and carried along by the rush of the world around them, and too often they yield to it without resistance. Some are so restless by temperament or by habit, that, even when entirely undisturbed from without, they find it difficult to settle down quietly to anything of a purely mental kind. How detrimental such conditions are to that "life with things unseen" so necessary in the priesthood, need not be insisted upon. The Non in commotione Dominus of Scripture, and the In silentio et quiete proficit anima devota of the Imitation have become axioms of the spiritual life. No priest who cqnsuIts his own experience will be tempted to question them, and this is why we find all those who have seriously at heart their own spiritual welfare coming back from time to time to the resolution of not denying to their poor souls, whatever may happen, the daily nutriment without which they cannot but languish and decline. What the most competent authorities agree in recommending, in one shape or another, as the normal sustenance of a priestly life, is the practice of meditation and the habitual reading of devotional books, especially the "Lives of the Saints." These helps are guaranteed by their rules to members of religious orders, and a growing number of secular priests faithfully employ them. Yet too many still permit themselves to be deprived, of a part at least, of this daily allowance, nor can those who desire it most always succeed in getting it. Shall they, then, because they have failed to secure their regular repast, go all day long, or, it may be, several days, without nutrinlent? Should they not rather, as men of business often do when compelled to miss their meals, try to sustain their strength by getting some nourishment when and where they can? It is to supply a need of this kind that the following pages have been written. They consist of truths almost entirely borrowed from the Gospel, and viewed in their bearing on the spirit and duties of the priesthood. The text which introduces each subject is generally a saying of Our Lord himself, and the development of it is gathered from other recorded utterances of His, or from the inspired writings of the Apostles, or from the daily experience of life. A passage from the Fathers, the Imitation, or some other authorized source is generally given at the end, reflecting in human form the heavenly truth, and helping to impress it on the mind of the reader. As a substitute for morning meditation, whenever passed over, one of these thoughts may be taken up at any free moment in the course of the day, or before retiring to rest at night. In its condensed form it will be found sufficient for one spiritual meal, but on condition that it be assimilated slowly. Quickly swallowed food is no better for the soul than for the body. Hence it is respectfully recommended to those who use this little volume for their spiritual benefit, to avoid all haste in considering the thought they have chosen to dwell upon. Our most sensitive photographic plates require time to reproduce objects that are feebly lighted; and in most of us the spiritual apparatus is far from sensitive, and the truths set before us often show but dimly. In order, therefore, to be impressed by them, we have to take time, holding our minds and souls steadily and humbly before the divine truth, especially in its bearing on the priestly life, until it has pictured itself fully within us. The words of Our Blessed Lord, as set forth in the text, will often suffice by themselves to produce the desired effect.
Download or read book Daily Thoughts for Priests Classic Reprint written by John B. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Daily Thoughts for Priests Most priests, especially in missionary countries such as ours, are busy men. Interests of all kinds, religious and secular, their own and those of their people, claim their attention almost every day, and at all hours of the day. Those who escape this constant pressure of business or of duty are still liable to be caught up and carried along by the rush of the world around them, and too often they yield to it without resistance. Some are so restless by temperament or by habit, that, even when entirely undisturbed from without, they find it difficult to settle down quietly to anything of a purely mental kind. How detrimental such conditions are to that "life with things unseen" so necessary in the priesthood, need not be insisted upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Daily Thoughts for Priests written by John Baptist Hogan and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...is no age, no condition of life, no degree of worthiness or unworthiness, which has not its special claims on him. When the pastor of souls considers in succession the various members of his flock, he finds in the individual circumstances of each something that goes directly to his heart. But to none does he feel more sweetly drawn than to children, and to none should he more readily devote his time and labor. 1. He learns to love them from the example of the Divine Master himself. Nothing is more touching in our Lord than His tender regard for these little ones. They instinctively gather around Him. With their parents they follow Him into the desert, and share in the miraculous meal of the loaves and the fishes. And He, in His divine condescension, welcomes them, caresses them, gives them His blessing. The scene described by St. Mark in his brief, graphic way, shows beautifully how He felt, and doubtless how He was wont to act in their regard: "And they brought to Him young children that He might touch them, and the disciples rebuked those that brought them. Whom when Jesus saw, He was much displeased and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God.... And, embracing them and laying His hands upon them, He blessed them." 2. What drew thus the heart of Our Lord towards children He Himself is careful to tell us: "For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Their condition is most like that of the angels, and fittest to appear before God, --fittest also for His kingdom here below, under the law of the Gospel. And this is why the priest, whose business is to build up that kingdom, loves little children. Already and without effort they are what He wishes all to...
Download or read book Daily Thoughts for Priests written by John B. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Life of Daring Simplicity written by Michael A. Becker and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If priests want the people entrusted to their care to develop a meaningful spiritual life, they must provide a living example of what that is. In A Life of Daring Simplicity: Daily Meditations on the Priesthood Michael Becker helps priests provide that example. Monsignor Becker has gathered a powerful collection of reflections drawn from an impressively wide array of great spiritual guides. Pope Saint John Paul II is well-represented here and so is Karl Rahner. We also hear from Catherine de Hueck Doherty and Adrian Von Speyr, Pedro Arrupe and Columba Marmion, and many more. Each passage challenges priests to reflect on their own vocation. Every page is filled with holy wisdom that will nourish priestly ministry and invite readers to embrace "a life of daring simplicity"--words used by Pope Saint John XXIII to describe his own life. Each day includes a Scripture verse, an inspiring insight on the priestly life, and a closing prayer or question to prompt deeper reflection. Spend a few minutes every day with these meditations and you will deepen your own commitment to your ministry and find ever more zeal to serve those entrusted to your care.
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Download or read book The Priest Is Not His Own written by Fulton J. Sheen and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books on the priesthood may be grouped into three categories: theological, pastoral and sociological. The theological treatises emphasize the priest as the minister and ambassador of Christ; the pastoral writings are concerned with the priest in the pulpit, the priest in the confessional, the priest at prayer, etc. The sociological writings, which are the latest type, refrain almost entirely from the spiritual and are concerned with the statistical study of the reaction of the faithful, the unbelievers and the general public to the priest. Is there room for another category? Such a possibility presented itself in writing our Life of Christ. In that book, we tried to show that, unlike anyone else, Our Lord came on earth not to live but to die. Death for our Redemption was the goal of His sojourn here, the gold that He was seeking. Every parable, every incident in His life—even the call of the Apostles, the temptation, the Transfiguration, the long conversation with the woman at the well—was focused upon that salutary death. He was, therefore, not primarily a teacher, but a Savior. The dark days in which that Life of Christ was written were hours when ink and gall did mix to reveal the mystery of the Crucifix. More and more that vision of Christ as Savior began to illumine the priesthood, and out of it came the thoughts in this book. To save anyone from reading it through, we here state briefly the thesis. We who have received the Sacrament of Orders call ourselves “priests”. The author does not recall any priest ever having said, “I was ordained a ‘victim’ ”, nor did he ever say, “I am studying to be a victim.” That seemed almost alien to being a priest. The seminary always told us to be “good” priests; never were we told to be willing victims. And yet was not Christ, the Priest, a Victim? Did He not come to die? He did not offer a lamb, a bullock or doves; He never offered anything except Himself. He gave Himself up on our behalf, a sacrifice breathing out fragrance as He offered it to God. (Ephesians 5:2) Pagan priests, Old Testament priests, medicine men, all offered a sacrifice apart from themselves. But not Our Lord. He was Sacerdos-Victima. This being so, just as we miss much in the life of Christ by not showing that the shadow of the Cross cast itself even over the crib and the carpenter shop as well as over His public life, so we have a mutilated concept of our priesthood if we envisage it apart from making ourselves victims in the prolongation of His Incarnation. There is nothing else in this book but that idea. And if the reader would like to hear that chord struck a hundred times, he may now proceed.
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