Category: Year of the Priest 2009–2010

The Rule of Saint Benedict: A School for Bishops

20 April 2012

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

1 July 2010

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

13 June 2010

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

11 June 2010

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

8 June 2010

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...

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