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13 DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2024 These are just a few of the prayers and sacrifices that can be offered up for priests. There are many others. But what needs to be stressed at the present moment is the critical necessit y for all of us to do something extra not only for the sanctification of priests but also something extra in reparation for the sins of those priests who have failed the Lord. Pope St. John Paul wrote a letter to all the bishops of the United States when a priest scandal rocked the Church in Amer- ica. At the end of his letter, the pope warned bishops in words that now seem prophetic, "Yes, dear brothers, America needs much prayer — lest it lose its soul." Let us, then, redouble our prayers and sacrifices for priests so that America may grow in holiness and so come to fulfill its mis- sion to be a witness to the gospel of Christ in the modern world. Our Lord promises: "He who receives you receives me … and whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward" (Mt 10:40-42). May the Lord reward you with the grace to always have a priest who gives you Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament daily and eternal happiness at the end of this life. Make at least one Com- munion of reparation each week to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to repair the irrever- ence of priests and in expi- ation for the sacrilegious Masses offered by priests in the state of mortal sin. 303-484-1753 | www.theretro.net New Location: 12420 W. 54th Dr, Arvada 80002 (54th & Ward) Parking behind building, store entrance faces Ward The first new Catholic store in Colorado in a generation Traditionally Catholic. Uniquely Retro. 12 "Yes, dear brothers, America needs much prayer — lest it lose its soul." POPE ST. JOHN PAUL