Mary and the priestly Ministry

This publication answers a need and an expectation. Pressing contemporary exigencies indicate the necessity of the grace of closeness to Mary for success in the priestly ministry. Is this not the hour of Mary for priest as well as for the faithful?It is clear to the priests that the more deeply the influence of Our Lady penetrates their souls, the more priestly virtues and divine life they will have, and the more supernaturally fruitful their apostolic work will be.Could we desire anything more? Is anything more urgent? This book - if meditated upon and lived out by many priests - will bring about a renewal of the Catholic Priesthood.Pierre Marie TheasBishop of Tarbes and Lourdes[from the Preface]