FR. KAROL WOJTYLA

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“The world looks to the priest, because it looks to Jesus!  No one can see Christ; but everyone sees the priest, and through him they wish to catch a glimpse of the Lord!  Immense is the grandeur of the Lord! Immense is the grandeur and dignity of the priest!” 
(Rome, Italy, October 13, 1979)

“Your wish to become a priest, or at least your wish to discover if you are being called to be one.  And so the question is a serious one, because you have to prepare thoroughly, with clear intentions and an austere formation.” 
(Rome, Italy, October 13, 1979)

“May God sustain in all priests a grateful awareness of the gift they have received; may he also awaken in many young men a ready and generous response to his call to give themselves completely to the cause of the Gospel.”

“Each new priest brings with him a special blessing: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”  For in every priest it is Christ himself who comes.  If, as Saint Cyprian said, the Christian is “another Christ” – Christianus alter Christus – with all the more reason it can be said: Sacerdos alter Christus.”

“Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

“Remember that you are never alone, Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives! He has called you and chosen you to live in the freedom of the children of God. Turn to him in prayer and in love. Ask him to grant you the courage and strength to live in this freedom always. Walk with him who is “the Way, the Truth and the Life”!”