Ave Verum Corpus
Sacrilege Will the distressing news of the sacrilege perpetrated in Pamplona, Spain provoke any kind of concrete response? Spanish “artist” Abel Azcona stole more than...
The terrible glory of the priesthood
Reading Canon Eugène Masure’s book, Parish Priest (Fides, 1955) I came upon this remarkable passage: It is not only at the Last Supper and on...
Prayer of a Priest
Convert Thou me entirely, O my beloved Jesus, that I may live every moment— up to and including the very moment of my death —...
Holiness through a tangle of thorns
She had a vision of a young man who, in order to guide her through the tangle of thorns that surrounded her soul, took her...
The Grace of Knock and the Priesthood
In the Archdeacon’s Room Seven years ago, on the evening of February 5, 2008, I prayed in the room where The Venerable Archdeacon Bartholomew Cavanagh,...
A Sacerdotal Pentecost
From The Journal of A Priest A priest shares what was given him in prayer concerning a sacerdotal Pentecost, a revival of priestly holiness in...
Praying to Saint Joseph for Priests
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...
Priests who have their gaze directed to God
Address to the Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society All Hallows, Drumcondra, Dublin Saturday, 14 March 2015 Their Gaze Directed to God Just a few days...
Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent 14 March 2015 Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society I was invited to address yesterday the Dublin Congress of...
An Intercessor for Priests
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Yesterday, 27 February, was the dies natalis and liturgical memorial of Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny. Born to upper...
Via Crucis for Priests
First Station Jesus Condemned to Death This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover...
Josefa Menendez: Confidence and Hope
December 29, 1923 Josefa Menéndez died at 33 years of age on December 29th, 1923 at the Convent of Les Feuillants, Poitiers, France. At that...
Blessed Ildefonso Schuster
We often read from Blessed Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster’s magnificent work, The Sacramentary. Here is an excerpt from his presentation of the Advent Ember Days. Prayer...
More About Lectio Divina
I realized, after I spoke to the fine priests of the Archdiocese of Armagh on Monday evening last, that there was much more that I...
Convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi
I was privileged last evening to give a conference on lectio divina to a group of priests of the Archdiocese of Armagh. Here is the...
Lex orandi, lex credendi: the ground of priestly piety
As a Holy Victim The Secret of the Mass for today’s feast of Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori goes to the heart of an authentic priestly...
A priest can do so much for God
Dom Columba Marmion was 31 years old and a monk of Maredsous for three years when, in November 1889, he wrote the following to a...
The prayer of a priest
This little prayer has been part of my life since 2005. My good friend Monsignor Arthur B. Calkins proposed that I include in it a...
A Lover of the Pierced Heart of Jesus
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Today, besides being, in our monastery, Feast of Reparation for Offenses Committed Against the Most Holy Sacrament, is also the...
Frank Duff, Holy Layman
Heroic Fidelity to the Divine Office Shortly before his death on 7 November 1980, layman Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary, addressed a...