Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

"In the sacrament of Ordination, of Priesthood, Christ who multiplied loaves and fishes to feed us when he walked the earth, has multiplied himself because of love for us. Each priest is another Christ, ordained to feed us with God’s word andwith his Body and Blood under the form of bread and wine; to preach God’s truth; to conduct spiritual direction; to bind and unbind; to dispense his sacraments; to be a guide to lead souls to Christ who thirsts for them, to lead them to the heart of Christ. “Sitto!” he says—“I thirst!” No one is more relevant than a priest who understands his role as the servant of the Word, as one who can give us God under the form of bread and wine." ~ Catherine Doherty