An Irish Priest for Priests
August 16th, 1917: The Anniversary of Father William Doyle, S.J. When Father Willie Doyle entered my life, something happened. It was the beginning of one...
Blessed Columba Marmion: In Die Natalis
Several years ago, on a visit to the Irish College in Rome where the ever gracious Father Bernard Healy, then a student there, I was...
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...
Man ate the bread of angels
Wednesday of Pascha Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom, alleluia prepared for you since the foundation of the world, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...
Priests in pilgrimage to Your Heart
I preached this homily to the Reverend Fathers of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska, to...
The Rule of Saint Benedict: A School for Bishops
Are There Any Bishops Among My Readers? Saint Anselm’s pastoral qualities as a bishop surely originated in his experience as abbot of Bec. On 21...
The Most Precious Blood
Again, this year, for my friend, Father J.K., C.PP.S., on this Feast of the Most Precious Blood. Priest of Jesus Christ, you are forever marked...
Priests: First Builders of the Civilization of Love
Here is the Angelus Message given by the Holy Father today, Sunday, 13 June, 2010: Dear brothers and sisters! Conclusion of the Year for Priests...
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,...
The Father’s Will
This is the fourth in a series of commentaries on Pope Benedict XVI’s Consecration of Priests to the Maternal Heart of Mary. I am writing...
Priest and Victim on the Altar of the Cross
Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Journey to Cyprus 5 June 2010 In this Year for Priests, let me address a special word to the priests present...
Praying Over the Act of Consecration
I began this morning a little commentary on the Holy Father’s Consecration of Priests to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I will have to post...
Do Not Tire of Visiting Us
Tonight, at least, I have no words to express what I perceive to be the significance of this Act of Consecration in the context of...
The Conclusion of the Year for Priests
Dear Priests, The Year for Priests brings great joy to the Church and she thanks the Lord for having inspired the Holy Father to announce...
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...
An Hermeneutic of Priestly Continuity
I was inspired to offer a little commentary on the brilliant address that the Holy Father gave this morning to the International Theological Conference, “Fidelity...
In our struggle with the powers of darkness
Joseph Like his baptismal patron, Saint Joseph, our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, seems, at times, to stand alone in the night. One has the...
Confirmetur in eo caritas
Chapter This morning at Chapter (a daily reflection on a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict) we read one of my favourite passages: “That...
With Pope Benedict XVI: At the Throne of Grace
The Holy Father’s homily for Vespers on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is, as are all his homilies, a model of liturgical...
Christ’s priests have no priesthood but His
This morning His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the bishops of England and Wales on the occasion of their ad limina visit. His message was...