Oh, I know that many of these sons of mine have had to undergo the violent attacks of my Adversary and that often they have fallen and that many have lost their innocence.
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They must not become discouraged, these sons of mine: I myself will clothe them with my purity, giving them back their innocence. My innocence will be theirs, and as the fruit of my special predilection, they will be made like me, immaculate.
After yesterday’s thoughts on priesthood, you might say, “What of the priest who is sinful and unholy, who marries without dispensation, etc.?” You ask this because, in North America, you haven’t been given the full knowledge of what priesthood really is. Therefore you don’t realize that the seal of priesthood has been etched in the soul of this poor, sinful man. It has been placed there by the fire of the Holy Spirit and the touch of the Father’s hand, and he can never lose that gift.
Grace in Every Season (March 10)
God wants to reclaim His fallen sons, and Our Blessed Mother is the one who has been put in charge of this. Through the Marian Movement of Priests, she wants all her beloved sons beautifully purified and ready for action. By God’s grace, they will be the strongest of all… they will have a true understanding of how little they are on their own, and how great their calling truly is.
Oh how powerful they will be in reaching poor sinful souls, this holds true for laicized priests as well. As with any Christian, God’s mission for them stays intact until their last breath. Let’s keep praying.
FYI:
When a priest is laicized, he is dismissed from a clerical state it does not mean that the priest is no longer a priest. Instead, it means that he can no longer conduct Mass, hear confessions or administer sacraments such as the Eucharist. Additionally, the priest is no longer required to recite the Liturgy of the Hours (a set of prayers marking each hour) nor obey his bishop.