Category: Prayers of Mine

Supplica to Saint Rita of Cascia

May 21, 2018

The saints befriend those whom God entrusts to them. Often the saints introduce themselves into one’s life by means of a reference in conversation, the...

Ik vertrouw mij toe aan Uw Genade

April 8, 2018

Here, for our friends and readers in the Netherlands and in Belgium, is the Litany of Trust in the Mercy of Christ translated into Dutch....

Litany of Trust in the Mercy of Christ

April 7, 2018

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have placed our trust in Thee. For myself, a poor sinner, I trust in Thy...

For the Sanctification of the Clergy

February 11, 2018

The Way of the Cross for Priests is available from Silverstream Priory’s own Cenacle Press. The beautifully designed 22-page booklet is suitable for the Stations...

Forgiveness and Reparation

January 21, 2018

Every now and then, I find it necessary to return to the Prayer of Forgiveness and Reparation that Our Lord inspired me to write several...

Situated amidst pasture land and forest in the eastern reaches of County Meath, Silverstream Priory was founded in 2012 at the invitation of the Most Reverend Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath, and canonically erected as an autonomous monastery of diocesan right on 25 February 2017. The property belonged, from the early 15th century, to the Preston family, premier Viscounts of Ireland and Lords of Gormanston. In 1843 Thomas Preston (1817-1903), son of Jenico Preston, the 12th Viscount (1775-1860), built what today is Silverstream Priory. Silverstream Priory is a providential realisation of the cherished project of Abbot Celestino Maria Colombo, O.S.B. (1874–1935), who, following the impetus given by Catherine–Mectilde de Bar in the 17th century, sought to establish a house of Benedictine monks committed to ceaseless prayer before the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar in a spirit of reparation. The community of Silverstream Priory holding to the use of Latin and Gregorian Chant, celebrate the Divine Office in its traditional Benedictine form and Holy Mass in the “Usus Antiquior” of the Roman Rite. Praying and working in the enclosure of the monastery, the monks of Silverstream keep at heart the sanctification of priests labouring in the vineyard of the Lord. They undertake various works compatible with their monastic vocation, notably the development of the land and gardens, hospitality to the clergy in need of a spiritual respite, scholarly work, and publishing.