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Day Nine– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Saturday, September 26

Day Nine– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Saturday, September 26

by Fr. Mark McCormick | Sep 26, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

Desire for Heaven O Holy Priest of Ars, your precious remains are contained in a magnificent reliquary, the donation from the priests of France. But this earthly glory is only a very pale image of the unspeakable glory which you are enjoying with God. During the time...
Day Eight– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Friday, September 25

Day Eight– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Friday, September 25

by Fr. Mark McCormick | Sep 25, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

 Exquisite Purity O Holy Priest of Ars, a witness of your life made this magnificent praise of you: ‘We would have taken him for an angel in a mortal body.” You so edified others: the modesty and the exquisite purity radiated from your body. With such charm and with...
Day Seven– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Thursday, September 24

Day Seven– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Thursday, September 24

by Fr. Mark McCormick | Sep 24, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

Dispeller of Satan O Holy Priest of Ars, the infamous attacks of the devil which you had to suffer and the trials which disheartened you by fatigue would not make you give up the sublime task of converting souls. The devil came to you for many years to disturb your...
Day Six– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Wednesday, September 23

Day Six– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Wednesday, September 23

by Fr. Mark McCormick | Sep 23, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

Real Presence O Holy Priest of Ars, whose only comfort in this world was the real presence of Jesus in the tabernacle, was it not your great joy to distribute the Eucharist to the pilgrims who visited you? You refused Communion to the souls who refused to reform, but...
Day Five– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Tuesday, September 22

Day Five– Priesthood Sunday Novena: Tuesday, September 22

by Fr. Mark McCormick | Sep 22, 2020 | RC Vocations Blog

Confessor of Souls O Holy Priest of Ars, you knew how important a good confession was for the Christian life. It was to procure the happy fruits of millions of souls that you agreed to be in an uncomfortable confessional, which was like a prison, up to 15 to 16 hours...
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