Just for Today, September 20

Lo! thou art made a priest, and art consecrated to say Mass: see now that in due time thou faithfully and devoutly offer up sacrifice to God, and that thou behave thyself in such manner as to be without reproof. Thou hast not lightened thy burden, but art now b;Jund with a stricter bond of discipline, and art obliged to a greater perfection of sanctity.
-Bk. IV, ch. v.
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The sanctification of priests held the first place in her apostolic zeal. She writes to her sister:

"Do not let us waste the short time that remains, let us save souls! I feel that Jesus wants us to slake His thirst by giving Him souls, above all the souls of priests. So let us consecrate our lives to them and pray much for priests. Their souls should be clear as crystal, but alas, many are not what they ought to be. Let us then pray and suffer for them; I know you understand my soul's longing."

The Saint was only sixteen when she wrote these lines.
-Letters.
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.