Letter on Priests Mission

(30 May 08 - RV) Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests.

The Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, has issued a message to mark the occasion, in which he emphasized the priority of prayer over action, saying the effectiveness of action depends on prayer.

The letter also calls on priests to ask forgiveness for their sins and trust ever more fully in God’s mercy, and implores all priests to be faithful in the daily celebration of Mass.