tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36562133.post546486145353121703..comments2024-02-28T17:57:05.725-05:00Comments on The Black Biretta: Pope calls Priests to Love Mary and Grow in HolinessBlack Birettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758160681203816829noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36562133.post-49849824179581594642009-08-17T14:30:18.085-05:002009-08-17T14:30:18.085-05:00I concur. While we do not have 'married' p...I concur. While we do not have 'married' priests in the Western Church, we must have 'Mary's' priests, i.e., priests consecrated to Our Lady, Queen of the Clergy and Mother of Priests. Marian devotion helps priests stay close to her Divine Son. St. John the Beloved was close to both Jesus and His Blessed Mother. So should all of us priests.Black Birettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758160681203816829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36562133.post-70652541649085225922009-08-17T14:15:04.893-05:002009-08-17T14:15:04.893-05:00I don't see how a priest could function withou...I don't see how a priest could function without a close, loving union with the Mother of God -- their Mother! She held Jesus, they hold Jesus on the altar. She gave us Jesus; they give us Jesus.<br /><br />Most touching to me is the Carthusian priestly tradition of praying Our Lady's Office in its entirety, in addition to the Canonical Office.Jeffrey S. J. Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316699536708031404noreply@blogger.com