Our Lord Will Sanctify His Priests
Jesus, the Son of Mary, is the Eternal High Priest. As Sacrificer and as Victim, He is present and shown forth in each of His...
The Priest With Jesus
I am quite overwhelmed by the abundance and theological density of the Holy Father’s homilies, discourses, and writings. It is a privilege and a grace...
Preparation and Thanksgiving
Father Paul Gunter’s article (published on Zenit) must be put into the hands of every priest and, from there, pass into his heart. How many...
Prayer to Mary, the Sacerdotal Virgin
Marked by the priestly piety of the school of Bérulle, Pope Saint Pius X was singularly favourable to the invocation of Our Blessed Lady under...
A Summons to Purification and to Joy
HOMILY OF THE MASS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS CELEBRATED BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS,...
Impossible to Man’s Powers, But Not To God’s
All Priest In recalling the holiness of Saint Philip, it occurs to me that it was essentially this: he was all priest. He was always...
Letter to a Brother Priest
Dear Father X, You asked me the other day to write something that would encourage you to be faithful to your daily Eucharistic adoration. Here...
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...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Nine
Blessed Columba’s Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary For those who already know of Blessed Columba Marmion’s friendship and frequent spiritual exchanges with Désiré-Joseph Cardinal...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Eight
Blessed Abbot Marmion’s entire chapter XIV, entitled The Divine Office, in Christ, the Ideal of the Priest deserves to be studied, and meditated, and brought...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Seven
A Book to Own and Meditate Today’s passage from the writings of Blessed Columba Marmion is taken from Union With God, Letters of Spiritual Direction....
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Six
Tomorrow will be the sixth day of our novena seeking the intercession of Blessed Columba Marmion. I invite the readers of Vultus Christi who are...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Five
Saint Paul and Blessed Columba Although I am writing this on Monday, 25 January, the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, it is intended...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Four
The icon of Blessed Columba Marmion was written by the hand of Brother Claude, O.S.B., monk of Mount Angel Abbey. Blessed Columba Marmion and the...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Three
Victims and Victimhood For today’s text from Blessed Columba Marmion, I chose an extract from Christ, the Ideal of the Priest, in which he presents...
Immaculata Victrix
In the spiritual combat that is the daily experience of so many priests, nothing can take the place of a confident recourse to the Immaculate...
Ember Friday in Advent
Restore the Ember Days For the second time this week, we celebrated a special pre-dawn Advent Mass in candlelight. Having anticipated Matins last evening, we...
Am I not here who am your Mother?
At Clear Creek Brother Juan Diego and I have been at Clear Creek Monastery for the past few days. I have been preaching a retreat...
Grant Such Holiness to Your Priests
The painting is by the so-called Master of the Osservanza and dates from around 1440. Notice the lovely chasuble of the priest and the noble...
Mass of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Priest
There is a verse in the book of Ezra that is, I think, a wonderful expression of the life and mission of Saint Pio of...