Evidence that the communion of saints scored big on May 20th

There is a young person, not quite a teenager yet, whose mother makes it a rule that the television is kept on EWTN just about any time that it is on to add a counter voice to the lives of those in the household who get bombarded every day with pagan and secular and anti-Christian messages from everywhere else. It may seem to her that her son is opposed to learning anything related to spiritual matters, but much to her surprise, going to Mass each Sunday, praying the Rosary each evening together as a family, and the daily influence of this Catholic channel have begun to impact him.

As a part of his education at home, he was required to write an essay. About anything he wanted to write about. There was no prompting on any subject. Her son has no habit of writing anything to please her. Here is the ultimate surprise produced by the hands of her child...

Why we need priests

We need priests. If we did not have them then the world would be more corrupt. We need priests because God wants us to have them for Mass. In Mass the priest makes bread and wine into the body and the blood of our Lord. The priests also are the mouth and hands of God. Like Confession and the Eucharist. The priest makes the bread and wine body and blood, and Confession he absolves us of our sins.

Without priests there would be no church and no one going to church. That is why we need priests. We would not be forgiven of our sins and it would be harder to go to heaven. Lots of people have been saved because of the priests. They are very important in our life.


My heart is thankful to the priests who have set good examples before my son, and for the vocation that they have chosen to serve us in the Catholic Church. I am grateful to Mother Angelica and all who serve us at EWTN through so many excellent programs. And I wish to especially give a shout out to those who usually go unnoticed by the rest of us who still exist in this physical world.

So thank you so much:

Albert of Bologna Alexander of Aegea Amalbert Anastasius Jakob Pankiewicz Anastasius of Brescia Aquila of Egypt Arcangelo Tadini Asterius of Aegea Asterius of Edessa Austregisilus of Bourges Bartolomeus Holzhauser Basilla of Rome Baudelius of Nîmes		Bernadine of Siena Columba of Rieti Ethelbert of East Anglia Guy de Gherardesca Hendrina Josefa Stenmanns Hilary of Toulouse Lucifer of Cagliari Orlando of Vallombrosa Plautilla of Rome Saturnina of Neuenheerse Thalelaeus of Aegea Theodore of Pavia

From: http://saints.sqpn.com/20-may/ And happy feast day to all :)!