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“Miserando atque eligendo” these early days of his pontificate because it is a virtue This motto of Pope Francis is in which we can all grow. Indeed, this is the virtue taken from a homily by St. Bede of which St. John Vianney said, “Humility is to the that is read in the Liturgy of the various virtues what the chain is in a rosary: take away Hours on the Feast of St. Matthew, the chain and the beads are scattered; remove humility, the tax collector whom Jesus called to be his disciple. and all the virtues vanish.” But what is true humility? The Holy Father chose this as his motto when he was Humility is defined in one Catholic dictionary as ordained a bishop and he has chosen to retain this as his “the moral virtue that restrains the unruly desire for papal motto. The Latin means “lowly but chosen.” It personal greatness and leads people to an orderly love is significant because it was on the Feast of St. Matthew of themselves based on a true appreciation of their when 17 year-old Jorge Bergoglio had a particular position with respect to God and their neighbors... experience of God’s mercy following confession and Humility is not only opposed to pride; it is also “sensed the descent of the Mercy of God, who with a opposed to immoderate self-abjection which would fail gaze of tender love, called him to religious life.” to recognize God’s gifts and use them according to His In the short time since Pope Francis will.” Humility is that proper balance was elected, he has shown himself between pride and self-abjection. to be a man of humility; a man who Pride would cause us to work for our recognizes his own lowliness before own glory; self-abjection would cause God but who, nonetheless, also us to fail to recognize and use our recognizes that he has been chosen God-given gifts and talents for His by Christ to serve the Church as a glory. priest, bishop, cardinal, and now as One of the issues that perhaps every the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal man who discerns a vocation to the Church. priesthood must contend with is the The Holy Father’s witness to awareness of his own lowliness. The the virtue of humility continues question of “am I worthy to be a a teaching which His Holiness priest?” arises in the heart of every man Benedict XVI exemplified in his as he discerns. True humility helps us renunciation of the Petrine Ministry: to put the question of worthiness and Benedict’s abdication was in itself an Coat of Arms of Pope Francis lowliness into perspective because it act of great humility. Benedict was teaches us to examine our conscience honest with God and with himself before God and to allow Him to guide about where his talents and energies were. In his our decisions. Humility teaches us that, yes, we are careful review of his conscience before God, Benedict imperfect human beings and the original sin of our concluded that for the good of the Church, it was time first parents has been passed down to us and we may for him to renounce the Petrine Ministry and serve the very well have committed personal sins in our lives. Church in prayer and solitude. In a world in which Humility also teaches us to return to God and rely on fame and power are portrayed as some of the greatest God’s mercy and grace—a theme we hear repeated goods, Benedict did not cling to them for his own sake. by Pope Francis. Humility shows us that while we Instead, Benedict recognized that at this moment of his are imperfect in comparison to God, we have been life and ministry, he must follow the example of St. endowed by the Creator with gifts and talents which John the Baptist and in order for Christ to increase, “I He calls us to use for His glory. must decrease” (cf. John 3:30). No one is worthy to be a priest of Jesus Christ but Through his actions, Pope Francis is striving to God still chooses and calls from among us lowly men teach—and has already taught—us about humility in and we serve Him by relying on His grace. Letter to Mothers of Priests and Seminarians Mauro Cardinal Piacenza, Prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy

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Sacramentliving and indispensableof Holy Orders, instruments the lives of Everyshe may mother therefore of a priestalso exercise mysteriously a new ofHis priests Presence are definitivelyin the world. taken Through up by becomesmotherhood a “daughterthrough theof discreether son.” yet Jesusthe Sacramentand immersed of inHoly Him, Orders, such that the Towardsextremely him, efficacious she may and therefore inestimably also inlives them of it priestsis Jesus are Himself definitively who walks taken exerciseprecious a newcloseness motherhood of prayer, through and theby andup worksby Jesus among and men. immersed in Him, discreetoffering yet of herextremely own life efficacious for the ministry and such “So that great in themis this it mystery is Jesus that Himself the inestimablyof her son. precious closeness of priestwho walksis even and called works alteramong Christus— men. prayer, “This and new by “fatherhood”offering of her - forown which life Rev. Ryan Connors blesses his parents another “So Christ. great is thisHis mysteryfrail humanity, that the forthe the Seminarian ministry of heris son.prepared, which elevatedpriest is by even the powercalled of alte ther HolyChristus—another Spirit Christ. “This new the “fatherhood” priest has been - given, for which and which the toHis a newfrail humanity,and higher elevated union with by the the power Person of ofthe Jesus, Holy Seminarianbenefits all isGod’s prepared, People which needs theto bepriest accompanied has been becomesSpirit to a a place new ofand encounter higher unionwith the with Son the of PersonGod who of given,by assiduous and which prayer benefits and personalall God’s sacrifice, People needsin order to becameJesus, becomesincarnate, a died place and of rose encounter for us. For with when the aSon priest of bethat accompanied a priest’s free by adherence assiduous to prayer the divine and willpersonal may teachesGod who the became faith of incarnate,the Church, died it isand Christ rose whofor us.speaks For sacrifice,continually in beorder renewed that a and priest’s strengthened. free adherence to the towhen the Peoplea priest through teaches him. the Whenfaith ofhe theprudently Church, guides it is divine “Mothers will ofmay priests continually and seminarians be renewed thus represent and theChrist faithful who entrusted speaks to to the him, People it is Christ through who him. shepherds When strengthened.a true and veritable “army”, which from earth offers hishe sheep.prudently And guides when the he faithfulcelebrates entrusted the Sacraments, to him, it inis prayers “Mothers and ofsacrifice priests andto heaven,seminarians and thusfrom represent heaven Christ who shepherds his sheep. And when he a true and veritable “army”, which from earth offers an eminent way the Most Holy Eucharist, it is Christ intercedes in even greater number so that every grace celebrates the Sacraments, in an eminent way the prayers and sacrifice to heaven, and from heaven Himself who through His ministers continues the work and blessing may be poured out upon the lives of the Most Holy Eucharist, it is Christ Himself who intercedes in even greater number so that every grace of man’s salvation and makes Himself truly present in Church’s sacred ministers. through His ministers continues the work of man’s and blessing may be poured out upon the lives of the the world. “Therefore, with all my heart I wish to encourage salvation and makes Himself truly present in the Church’s sacred ministers. “Normally it is in the family, in the parents’ love, and and offer special thanks to all mothers of priests and world. “Therefore, with all my heart I wish to encourage in an early education in the faith that a priestly vocation seminarians. “Normally it is in the family, in the parents’ love, and offer special thanks to all mothers of priests and finds that rich and fertile soil in which availability to the “Lastly, we raise a special hymn of thanks to and in an early education in the faith that a priestly seminarians. will of God can take root and draw the nourishment it heaven—to those mothers who, having already been vocation finds that rich and fertile soil in which “Lastly, we raise a special hymn of thanks to needs. At the same time, every vocation also represents called from this life, now contemplate in all its fullness availability to the will of God can take root and draw heaven—to those mothers who, having already been forthe the nourishment family whence it needs. it comes At anthe irrevocable same time, change every calledthe splendor from ofthis Christ’s life, Priesthoodnow contemplate in which in their all sons its thatvocation exceeds also all representshuman parameters for the andfamily calls whence everyone it fullnesshave become the splendor sharers, of andChrist’s who Priesthoodintercede infor which them tocomes conversion. an irrevocable change that exceeds all human theirin a sonsunique have and become mysteriously sharers, andfar whomore intercede efficacious for parameters “Every memberand calls ofev eryonea man’s to conversion.family...is involved themmanner…” in a unique and mysteriously far more “Every member of a man’s family...is involved in efficacious manner…”

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