Padre Pio Priest and Victim
Monsignor Arthur Calkins (1945-2024), Marian scholar par excellence and a dear friend of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle passed away unexpectedly earlier this...
In conspectu angelorum
We would like to make, which which seems to Us particularly appropriate. We offer it to priests for their consideration. The Catholic Church teaches us...
Be the priest of His Precious Blood,
Priest of Jesus Christ, you are forever marked by His Blood. The Blood of the Lamb flows through you: It sanctifies your touch; It comes...
A Priest’s Prayer to Saint Joseph
O glorious Saint Joseph, I take thee this day as my advocate and defender, my counselor and my friend. Open thy heart to me as...
Canonized Twelve Years Ago: A Patron of Parish Priests
Saint Gaetano Catanoso Gaetano Catanoso was born on 14 February 1879 in Chorio di San Lorenzo, Reggio Calabria, Italy. His parents, prosperous landowners, were exemplary...
The Knowledge of the Glory of God
Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us” (2...
Of Pastoral Mercy
One can get the impression, of late, that pastoral mercy is something newly discovered in the Church and that until now no one has really...
And then your hearts will be glad
Homily, Second Day of Retreat to Priests of the Diocese of Galway Knock Shrine, Co Mayo Tuesday, 9 May 2017 The Collect of the Mass...
Compunction
Homily, First Day of Retreat to Priests of the Diocese of Galway Knock Shrine, Co Mayo Monday, 8 May 2017 Having heard these things, they...
Lest we betray Him with a kiss
The Call to Holiness My monastic vocation, as it has developed and matured over the years, is intimately bound up with the lives of my...
Praying to Saint Joseph for Priests
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests O glorious Saint Joseph, thou who, on the word of the angel speaking to thee in the night, didst...
Higher, Sir Priest!
Here is the homily I preached today, on the feast of Saint Charles Borromeo, to members of the British Confraternity of Catholic Clergy at Aylesford...
At the School of Saint John Eudes
Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today, 19 August, is the feast of Saint John Eudes, priest and ardent mystic of the Hearts of...
Solace for the Sizzling
On the Gridiron Saint Laurence is the patron saint of those who have sizzled (or may be sizzling) on the gridiron of lust. I have...
Lest Thy Church suffer too great a darkness
Beloved Lord Jesus, I adore Thee, who art present here, with all the love of my heart. Sinner that I am, I would offer Thee...
Priests: Ministers of the Sun
On this feast of Saint Catherine of Siena, here is a particularly poignant passage from The Dialogue. The image is Giovanni da Paola’s Saint Catherine...
The Body of the Priest and the Body of Christ
In the following passage from The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena with the Eternal Father, God the Father addresses the clergy wallowing in sin....
Ember Wednesday of Lent
Santa Maria Maggiore One of the graces that comes with living in Rome is the opportunity to go often to the basilica of Saint Mary...
Saint John Chrysostom on Priests
All men are ready to pass judgment on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a...
Maria Sieler: The Love of Christ for His Priests
A Hidden Soul Sixty–three years ago, in the heart of Rome, died one of those hidden souls whose entire life is but a silent offering....