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That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

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Service is a call beyond our professional commitment. I believe that service is the quintessential raison d’être of religion and that we are faithful when we serve. We are people of faith and therefore we serve one another without discriminating.

… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.

Much of the effort of modern politicians is devoted to convincing us that men serve best when they are serving one another. But the one consideration which would make this true is left out; service to others is the best service when the effort of all is subsumed under a transcendental conception. Material gratification does not provide this.

He who calls us to service and often places us before great tasks that frighten us gives us the strength to bear burdens and not retreat from ravenous wolves. Priestly service, episcopal service, is not private property but a gift from God to serve God’s people and all people of good will.

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