“I try to encourage the faithful to visit the Lord in the Tabernacle.”
Armando Lasanta is parish priest of Alberite (La Rioja, Spain). A priest since 1990, he learned from St. Josemaría to “sanctify his ordinary life” as a priest: to say Mass calmly, to visit the sick, to listen patiently to the faithful, to treat the Lord with intimacy, to seek new vocations... He belongs to the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, an association of priests linked to Opus Dei.
"The example of the founder of Opus Dei, who always said: first, the rules of piety, dealing with the Lord in prayer, celebrating Holy Mass, taking care of the small details in dealing with people, assisting the sick... has done me a lot of good. I have learned from him the importance of always being cheerful, of transmitting optimism, of being positive in the midst of life's contradictions. Everything is for the best, he would say, and he himself was a master of good humor.
Another great concern that I have also inherited from his experience is to seek priestly vocations. To help young people discover that, if God calls them, what gives meaning to their lives may be to give themselves to God through the priesthood. To make them see that giving their lives to the priesthood is a wonderful, marvelous thing. I myself was, in a way, the fruit of the apostolic concern of the priest in my town...
I have also learned from the founder of Opus Dei that formation must be directed toward a relationship with Jesus Christ. That people should love Jesus Christ, that they should draw close to Him. To this end, the tabernacle of the church must be the center of life, not only for the priest, but also for the people; they should feel that the Lord in the tabernacle is a reference point, Someone they can visit and turn to. I try to remind everyone that we must receive Communion with a clean soul, after having asked for forgiveness in the sacrament of confession, when necessary.
And then, our relationship with our Mother, the Virgin Mary. In a land like this, La Rioja, which is so devoted to our Mother, I encourage you to also place her at the center of your lives, together with the Lord in the tabernacle.
For my part, thanks to the formation I receive in the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, I have come to love the Church
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