Thoughts on priesthood

I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the work; for more stormy billows vex the soul of the priest than the gales which disturb the sea. - St. John Chrysostom

He made them, the vicars of his love. - St. Ambrose

We pay a heavy, very heavy price for the superhuman dignity of our calling. The ridiculous is always so near to the sublime. And the world, usually so indulgent to foibles, hates ours instinctively.  -  Georges Bernanos, The Diary of a Country Priest

The Wisdom of St. Ambrose

The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse. - St. Ambrose