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Hey, Sprouts, it's Father Kay. It's Friday, February 21st, the Feast of St. Robert Southwell.

St. Robert Southwell is actually one of my favorite saints. During every ordination mass, there's the singing of the litany of the saints, and there's

a whole list of saints that are on there.

And when I was ordained, each of the nine of us got to choose one extra saint to add to the

list.

And the one saint that I chose was Robert Southwell.

He was an English martyr in the 1500s and the patron saint of poetry.

And I particularly enjoy his poetry.

So the last couple days, I read to you a story about Tommy, and Tommy goes to Mass, and he

experiences things a little bit differently.

And why I wanted to tell that story is because I think that too many of us, when we see a priest,

we just see an ordinary guy.

And he might be more or less engaging or might be more or less boring,

but he's not just an ordinary guy.

He's actually a man endowed with sacred powers. A priest stands in the

person of Jesus Christ. And just like Jesus Christ could do miracles, the priest can do miracles.

Every single day I stand at the altar and I turn ordinary bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus. And my whole life is supposed to be an imitation

of Jesus. It's for this reason that I don't get married. It's for this reason that I don't get married.

It's for this reason that I spend many hours every day in prayer.

And it's for this reason that every single day I celebrate the holy mysteries of our faith.

We know that every sacrament is a sign that contains a power,

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