Go to confession to the Blessed Virgin, or to an angel; will they absolve you? No. Will they give you the Body and Blood of Our Lord? No. The Holy Virgin cannot make her Divine Son descend into the Host. You might have two hundred angels there, but they could not absolve you. A priest, however simple he may be, can do it; he can say to you, “Go in peace; I pardon you. ” Oh, how great is a priest! The priest will not understand the greatness of his office till he is in Heaven. If he understood it on earth, he would die, not of fear, but of love. The other benefits of God would be of no avail to us without the priest. (St. John Vianney)
What a touching photo of the old man kissing the dead priest’s hands.
Do you know anything about the history of that picture?
I forgot, I will try to find it.
I love the picture of Christ placing the crown of thorns on the priest’s head, I have a holy card with the same image.
Please keep me in prayer.
I am a seminarian with a disablity trying follow Christ in what I believe he is calling me to.
Pax.
How can I get a hold of the picture of Jesus placing the crown of thorns on the priest’s head as he his holding the Chalice & the Eucharist. I would like an 8 x 10 for a priest friend as a gift on his anniversary as a priest.