Few as we may be, let us group ourselves closely round the Church, and implore of that Jesus, who is her Spouse, that he vouchsafe to multiply his gifts in those whom he is calling to the—now more than ever—dread honor of the Priesthood; that he infuse into them his divine prudence, whereby they may be able to disconcert the plans of the impious; his untiring zeal for the conversion of ungrateful souls; his perseverance even unto death in maintaining, without reticence or compromise, the plenitude of that truth which he has destined for the world, and the unviolated custody of which is to be, on the last Day, the solemn testimony of the Bride’s fidelity.
Wachache kama sisi inaweza kuwa, hebu kundi wenyewe kwa karibu pande zote Church, na tunawasihi ya kwamba Yesu, ambaye ni Mke wake, kwamba yeye atajaalia kuzidisha zawadi yake katika wale ambao yeye ni wito kwa-sasa zaidi ya heshima milele-hofu ya Ukuhani; kwamba yeye kupenyeza ndani yao busara wake wa kimungu, ambapo wanaweza kuwa na uwezo wa sumbua mipango ya waovu bidii yake wasiochoka kwa ajili ya uongofu wa roho wasio na shukrani; umahiri wake hata mauti katika kudumisha, bila stara au maelewano, plenitude ya ukweli kwamba alio zinazopelekwa kwa ajili ya dunia, na chini ya ulinzi unviolated ambayo ni ya kuwa, katika Siku ya mwisho, ushahidi makini wa uaminifu bibi ya.