List of points

Presbyter — Priest — means, literally, an elderly man. If old age deserves veneration, think how much more you ought to venerate the Priesthood.

It shows very little refinement — and great lack of respect — to make fun of a Priest, whoever he is, and whatever the pretext!

I repeat: to make fun of a Priest — no matter what the circumstances — is always, at best, a sign of coarseness and poor taste.

How we should admire sacerdotal purity! It is their treasure. No tyrant can ever wrest this crown from the Church.

Don't place a Priest in peril of losing his dignity. It is a virtue which, without being pompous, he simply must have.

How that young cleric — a friend of ours — prayed for it: 'Lord, grant me… eighty years of dignity!'

Pray for it for the whole Priesthood, and you will have done a good thing.

It cut you to the heart to hear people say that you had spoken badly of those Priests. And I am glad that it hurt: for now I am sure you have the right spirit!

To love God and not venerate his Priests… is not possible.

Like the good sons of Noah, throw the mantle of charity over the defects you see in your father, the Priest.

Next to the prayer of priests and of dedicated virgins, the prayer most pleasing to God is the prayer of children and that of the sick.

Your duty is to sanctify yourself. Yes, even you. Who thinks that this task is only for priests and religious?

To everyone, without exception, our Lord said: 'Be ye perfect, as my heavenly Father is perfect.'

Never speak badly of your brother, not even when you have plenty of reasons. Go first to the Tabernacle, and then go to the priest your father, and tell him also what is worrying you.

And no one else.

If you have not the highest reverence for the priesthood and for the religious state, it is not true that you love God's Church.