Ipse est sacerdos, ipse est Deus
The lessons at Vigils this morning were extraordinarily compelling in the context of this Year of the Priest. (I use the Latin-French Lectionnaire monastique in...
Cogitationes Cordis Ejus
The thoughts of His Heart are to all generations; He will save their souls from death and give them to eat in time of famine....
Blessed Edouard Poppe
My God, I forget all fear and all mistrust. I melt away for joy and love, whenever I lay my eyes on the Tabernacle and,...
The Servant of God, Padre Leopoldo Pastori
A Missionary-Monk The Year of the Priest will begin on Friday, June 19th, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It may well spark a...
The Old Man Who Gives You Flowers
And, for Mother’s Day, another touching excerpt from E. Boyd Barrett’s autobiographical A Shepherd Without Sheep: In spite of his rebellion, his confusion of mind,...
Has No One Condemned You?
In A Shepherd Without Sheep (Bruce Publishing, 1956), E. Boyd Barrett, who left the priesthood in stormy circumstances and, after twenty years, was reconciled, and...
I will cure their wounds
I am reading the Italian translation of Sacerdotes di Cristo, texts of Conchita Cabrera de Armida, selected and presented with a theological introduction by Juan...
The Bride They Hold
The bride they hold ought to be the breviary, and the books of Holy Scripture their children. There they should take their pleasure in sharing...
A Sunday Adoration
I adore Thee who art present here before me. I adore Thee with all the love of my heart. I adore Thee humbly. I adore...
The Real Changes That Have to Be Made
Father Garrigou-Lagrange, professor of Dogmatic and Mystical Theology at the Angelicum in Rome from 1909 to 1960, wrote this in 1952: The modern spirit of...
Dum pendebat Filius
Last night He sat with us at table. His Face illumined the Upper Room and there, just above the bread and behind the chalice, beat...
Hoc Est Hodie
Pope Benedict XVI is a master of mystagogical catechesis. This homily for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper probes the words of institution and consecration...
The Origins of the Priesthood in the Church
I am in awe of the Holy Father’s homilies at the Chrism Mass and at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. These are inspired words....
Let us love the friends of the King
This 15th century painting of the miraculous Mass of Pope Saint Gregory the Great is in the Church of Sant’Andrea in Palermo, Sicily. Above, we...
HOLY FATHER: A SPECIAL YEAR FOR PRIESTS
VATICAN CITY, 16 MAR 2009 (VIS) – This morning in the Vatican the Holy Father received members of the Congregation for the Clergy, who are...
Pope John Paul II, Intercessor for Priests
A priest said yesterday that since he began reciting daily this prayer to the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, he has received everything...
Mine It Is to Save
“Of the sins cast into the fire of my Heart nothing remains — they are completely annihilated — not reduced to ashes — but utterly...
For All the Priests of the World
An Inspired Prayer Yesterday, being Thursday, the day of adoration and reparation for priests, I posted a passage pertaining to the priesthood from the writings...
Rationabile Obsequium
Our Holy Father gave an extraordinary catechesis yesterday on Romans 12:1. A certain Irish priest friend of mine should be very pleased! The titles are...
A Prayer for Priests
O LORD JESUS CHRIST, Who hast commanded that the men whom Thou hast called and set apart for the service of Thy holy altars, should...