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HOLY THURSDAY - The night when we thank Our Lord profusely for the institution of the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Priesthood.  Here are some quotes from our saints about priests - We thank God for our good and holy priests and Bishops - Bishop Giles and Madrigal - Fr. Joseph and Fr. Bernard.  We pray that God keeps them safe and protected from the forces of evil that are trying to destroy the remnant Church:

St. Bernard tells us that everything has come to us through Mary; and we may also say that everything has come to us through the priest; yes, all happiness, all graces, all heavenly gifts. If we had not the Sacrament of Orders, we should not have Our Lord. Who placed Him there, in that tabernacle? It was the priest. Who was it that received your soul, on its entrance into life? The priest. Who nourishes it, to give it strength to make its pilgrimage? The priest. Who will prepare it to appear before God, by washing that soul, for the last time, in the blood of Jesus Christ? The priest -- always the priest. And if that soul comes to the point of death, who will raise it up, who will restore it to calmness and peace? Again the priest. You cannot recall one single blessing from God without finding, side by side with this recollection, the image of the priest.' 

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

 

What tongue, human or angelic, may ever describe a power so immeasurable as that exercised by the simplest priest in Mass? Who could ever have imagined that the voice of man, which by nature hath not the power even to raise a straw from the ground, should obtain through grace a power so stupendous as to bring from Heaven to earth the Son of God?' 

St. Leonard of Port Maurice