May 27
The Wednesday before Pentecost .

Today's gospel and the gospel of last Sunday are the same. In this farewell prayer of Our Lord, He prays for his apsotles.
He prays for us.
He prays for priests.
Read John 17: 11-19
Consecrate them in the truth. As you sent me into the world, so I send them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.

I became fascinated with this idea of consecration. So I looked up some things in various commentaries and I was rewarded with some good stuff for meditation.
The word for "consecrate" comes from a Greek word which means holy but then, the meaning gets even more basic,- meaning separate or different.

* Read Jeremiah 1:5.
* Read Exodus 28:41

Jeremiah is chosen while still in his mother's womb and the sons of Aaron were ordained by Moses and set apart for a special task.

Here is a thought that is mighty powerful. If one is chosen to serve God, he must have something of God's goodness and God's wisdom. To serve the all-holy God is to be holy oneself. God equips a man with the qualities he needs to carry out his call.

In other words God gives his priests the tools and the Grace. God's Grace is sufficient.