3. TO BE A
PRIEST:
To be a priest – how blest a thing
To walk the way that Christ has
trod
To know the longings of each
soul
And help the creature seek its
God.
Bishop De Galarreta
4. To guide the
young, baptize the
child
To light dark
places everywhere
To lessen the pangs
of death itself
Christ in His priest
is always there.
At Winona 1988
5. TO A I D B Y P R A Y E R A N D
P OW E R D I V I N E
E A C H E R R I N G A N D
R E P E N TA N T H E A RT
TO WA L K A S E L F I S H
S I N F U L E A RT H
S E R E N E U N S TA I N E D –
A M A N A PA RT.
First Mass
6. T O B I D T H E U N C R E A T E D
G O D
I N W O R D S S O S A C R E D A N D
S O O L D
D E S C E N D A N D R E S T I N
H U M A N H A N D S
G R E A T D E E D S I N S I M P L E
W O R D S A R E T O L D
7. To see like God the breaking
heart
To soothe when earthly
powers have ceased
To walk the way that Christ
has trod
How blest a thing to be a
priest!