Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Saint Francis on Respect for Clergy


From the Admonitions of Saint Francis of Assisi: 

26. Let Servants of God Honor the Clergy

Blessed is the servant who has faith in the clergy who live uprightly according to the rite of the Roman Church.

Woe to those who look down upon them; for even though they be sinners, no one should judge them because the Lord alone reserves judgment on them to Himself. For just as their ministry is greater in its concerns for the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which they receive and they alone administer to others,  so those who sin against them commit more of a sin than [if they sinned] against all other persons in this world.

Pax et bonum

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