When God Answers Prayers
I took this photograph of a moss-covered stone crucifix while visiting the Hill of Slane for the first time last October with my friend, Father...
Act of Consecration to Jesus, King of Love
This morning, following the blessing of the statue of Jesus King of Love at the end of Holy Mass, we made the following Act of...
Father, would you pray for . . .
Last evening, I was the celebrant at Solemn High Mass, followed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament with the sung Litany of the Sacred...
On behalf of all Thy priests
This evening here in Knock, it was very humbling, and an immense joy to hear thirty or more priests from various parts of Ireland pray...
Triduum to Saint Thérèse
O glorious Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, cherished child of the Father, virgin espoused to the Son, humble Doctor...
Triduum to Saint Thérèse
I ask all the readers of Vultus Christi to join with me in saying the following prayer for the next three days for a very...
Supplica to Saint Vincent de Paul
Given that we follow the old calendar here at the monastery, it completely slipped my mind that, in the new calendar, today is the feast...
Supplica to Saint Thérèse
A Supplica is a prayer of supplication composed according to a certain literary genre that remains popular in Italy to this day. The most famous...
For the Church in Ireland
After reading, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Father’s beautiful letter to the faithful of Ireland, I was moved to intercede in...
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests
O glorious Saint Joseph, who, on the word of the angel speaking to you in the night, put fear aside to take your Virgin Bride...
A Prayer in All the Circumstances of Life
My Jesus, only as Thou willest, when Thou willest, and in the way Thou willest! To Thee be all glory and thanksgiving, Who rulest all...
With the charity of Your pierced Heart
I am preparing for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by repeating each day the Prayer of Forgiveness and Reparation that Our Lord...
A Prayer for Priests
O LORD JESUS CHRIST, Who hast commanded that the men whom Thou hast called and set apart for the service of Thy holy altars, should...
This nation soaked in the blood of the innocent
There have been more than 40 million abortions in the United States since 1973. HEART OF JESUS, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb...
In the Light of Today’s Gospel
“But I tell you, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute and insult you.” (Matthew 5:44) Prayer...
November: Praying For the Holy Souls
It must have been forty years ago — or more — that I opened the Latin-English missal published by the Abbey of Saint-André-de Bruges and...
Reparation to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
O Lord Jesus Christ present in this wonderful sacrament, I desire at this hour to make reparation to Thy Eucharistic Heart and to open myself...
Saint Joseph and the Eternal Father
I find this painting of Saint Joseph and the Most Holy Trinity (Antoni Guerra, 1699) extraordinary. The Eternal Father is pointing to Saint Joseph, indicating...
Praying for One’s Enemies
The first time I said this prayer of mine publicly was during a homily on 17 May 2006. After Holy Mass I offered copies of...