Francis Addresses the Brothers Who are Priests
"I beseech in the Lord, all my brothers who are priests, now and in the future, and those who desire to be priests of the Most High, that when they celebrate Mass, they be pure and offer purely and with profound reverence the true sacrifice of the Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that they offer it with a holy and sincere intention, and not from worldly motives or out of fear or love of some human being, as though pleasing humans (cf. Ep 6:6; Col 3:23).
But let their will, aided by the grace of God, be directed to him, desiring by means of the Mass to please the Most High God alone, because he alone works in the Mass as it pleases him." --St. Francis, Letter to the Whole Order
We are always in danger to doing something from a place of habit rather than intention when it is repetitive. That is why being present, conscious of all that we do must be a priority.
We are always in danger to doing something from a place of habit rather than intention when it is repetitive. That is why being present, conscious of all that we do must be a priority.
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