priests

Prayer for newly ordained priests O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear our humble prayers on behalf of your priests, Father ___. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope, and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of…

God’s voice is never silent ­— he is always calling to us to come nearer, to go deeper, to respond to the love he has for us every day. What’s more, he never stops calling people to religious vocations — to the priesthood, to religious…

BY LORI HADACEK CHAPLIN Too little is said about all the good things priests do for their flocks. When our youngest was facing a serious surgery and when my parents were sick and dying from cancer, it was our pastors to whom we turned for…

The most high and infinitely good God has not granted to angels the power with which he has invested priests. — ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Pope Francis prayed that priests would find the courage to visit those who are sick during the coronavirus epidemic, while also keeping themselves and others safe. During a live broadcast of his daily morning Mass, the pope again prayed for…

Memorial of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Readings: Romans 4:13, 16-18 Psalms 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43 Luke 12:8-12 Memorial of Saints John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Psalms…

Memorial of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs If you have money, consider that perhaps the only reason God allowed it to fall into your hands was in order that you might find joy and perfection in…

This Thanksgiving, may we be more intentionally grateful for the many excellent clergy and religious that God has given the Church.  Particularly this year, we need to be thinking of those who answered God’s call and are serving with…

Memorial of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs God in Heaven, all evil is committed by those who think themselves able to escape your judgement. But all things are known to you, Lord: All evil and…

Memorial of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs What I suffered is known only to the one for whose love and in whose cause it is pleasing and glorious to suffer. — St. Isaac Jogues