Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"THE PRIESTHOOD. 269"Lord sPrayer Our : Father, Who art in heaven. Oh,my children, what a blessed thingit is to have a Fatherin Heaven !Thy kingdom come. If I make the goodGod to reign in my heart, He will make me to reignwith Him in His glory. Thywill be done. There isnothing so sweet as to do the will of God, and nothingso perfect. To do things well, we must do them as Godwills them to be done, and in conformity with His designs. Give us this day our daily bread. We havetwo parts, our body and our soul. We ask the good Godto feed our poor body, and He replies by causing theearth to bring forth all things needful for our sustenance.But we ask Him to nourish our soul, which is the mostprecious part of ourselves ; and the earth is too little tofurnish our soul with that which will satisfy its craving;ithungers for God, and nothing but God can fill it. Andso our good God thoughtit not too much to come anddwell upon this earth, and to take upon Him a body, thatthis body might become the food of our souls." *My Flesh, said our Lord, * is meat indeed. TheBread which I will give is My Flesh for the life of theworld. The Bread of souls is in the Tabernacle. TheTabernacle is the garner of Christians. Oh,my children,how beautiful this is! When the priest holds up theHost before you, and shows it to you, your soul may say,This ismy food. Oh, my children, we are too happy.We shall never understand it till we get to Heaven : howsad this is !The Priesthood."My children, we are come to the Sacrament ofOrder. It is a Sacrament which seems to have no relation to any of you, and which yet in fact bears a relation