The Catholic Priesthood: The Great Dignity of the Priesthood and Vocation To It

THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD. Part I. 7 The Great Dignity of the Priesthood.-Vocation to it. Chapter I. Jesus Christ the Eternal Priest 7 Chapter II. Dignity of the Priest.-His Power over Christ's Sacred Body 25 Chapter III. Dignity of the Priest.-His Power over Christ's Mystic Body.-Over the Faithful 38 Chapter IV. Dignity of the Priest.-His Power of Preaching the Word of God 48 Chapter V. God the Author of Vocations 59 Chapter VI. Who are Called to the Priesthood 68 Chapter VII. Motives for Following the Divine Calling to a State of Perfection 75 Chapter VIII. How the Ecclesiastical Student should preserve the Grace of Vocation 85 Chapter IX. Marks of Non-vocation to the Priesthood 103 Chapter X. The Sin of those who Become Priests Without a Divine Vocation 120 Chapter XI. States of Life. -The Third Order of St. Francis 133 Chapter XII. The Desire of a Secular Priest to Embrace the Religious State 151