Ecclesiastical Meditations Suitable for Priests on the Mission and Students in Diocesan Seminaries, by a Catholic Clergyman (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... Shew forth in their lives the form of all perfection and cover them with the robe of holiness. Let them love justice and hate iniquity. Let their prayer be like incense in the sight of heaven. Let their doctrine be saving and salutary to the people, and let the odour of their lives be the delight of the Church of God. ON DEVOTION TO OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL. 'Quoniam angelis suis mandavit de te ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis."--Psalm, Xc, 11. 1. On the appointment of our Guardian Angel., F the mind be turned to God, if the heart be well disposed, we live in a world of grace and mercy. There is no difficulty out of which the hand of God will not lift us; there is no temptation that we will not through God's grace overcome. This is true of every Christian, but it is especially true of the priest who lives in the innermost sanctuary of God. The graces of God are numerous for all, but they are more numerous for a priest, because God knows well that he requires more help than others, and He consults for his difficult and dangerous office. Besides the numerous internal graces which he receives, the priest has many external graces. These consist in the nature of the duties which he fulfils among the people--in the separation and comparative retirement in which he lives--in the holiness of his ecclesiastical functions, and in many other external things which belong to his state. Not the least among these external graces, is the Angel Guardian whom God has placed by the side of the priest. This Angel Guardian is the heavenly messenger sent by God to watch over him. He is a prince of the court of heaven. He is a legate from the side of God. He is the heavenly envoy of God--the bearer of good tidings. He is the angel of support, of strength, of defence, ...