Category: Priesthood

Our Lady of Knock

13 May 2012

I am going off to Knock today, having been invited there to address a gathering of Irish priests on the subject of Eucharistic adoration. I...

Will you say a prayer for me, Father?

10 March 2012

Men Who Specialize in Prayer What I am about to share reflects, without any doubt, the experience of most priests. It is especially true here...

On My Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Priesthood

15 November 2011

I was ordained a priest on November 16, 1986. Looking back over the twenty-five years of priesthood that Our Lord has given me, I have...

Thoughts on Priesthood and Adoration

5 November 2011

Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength and honour; to Him be glory and empire unto the...

A Priest’s Prayer to Blessed John Paul II

1 May 2011

I have prayed this little prayer daily for the past five years. Recently, my good friend Monsignor Arthur B. Calkins proposed that I include in...

Vultus Christi (The Face of Christ) is the spiritual blog of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of the Cenacle Monastery (Silverstream Priory) in Ireland. Through this apostolate, the monks of Silverstream Priory share the fruits of their contemplation of the Face of Christ for the edification of the faithful, with a particular emphasis on the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Church's Liturgy, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as on monasticism and the spiritual legacy of Mother Mectilde de Bar (1614-1698), foundress of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration. More information is available from our website, or visit cenaclepress.com to purchase products from the monastery.