"A shepherd after the heart of God has a heart sufficiently free to set aside his own concerns. He does not live by calculating his gains...

"Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you."...

Gospel Luke 5:1-11 "Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower...

Without priests, we have no Jesus. Without priests, we have no absolution. Without priests, we cannot receive Holy Communion. ~ Mother...

MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Colossians 1:9-14 Brothers and sisters: From the day we heard about you, we do not cease praying for you and...

"Every slightest failing on our part brings the community under the judgment of God. Every least increase of priestly virtue brings it...

MASS READINGS : Reading 1 Colossians 1:1-8 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the holy ones...

"The world looks to the priest, because it looks to Jesus! No one can see Christ; but everyone sees the priest, and through him they wish...

Gospel Luke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to...

"If a priest is determined not to lose his soul, so soon as any disorder arises in the parish he must trample under foot all human...

MASS READINGS: "When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage and enter the Presence of the Lord?" In today's morning prayer, a verse...

POPE'S PRAYER INTENTIONS For our relationship with all of creation Let us pray that, inspired by Pope Francis, we might experience our...

God's Word Speaks for Itself: LORD, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar....

"Every vocation to the priesthood comes from the heart of God, but it passes through the heart of a mother." ~ St. Pope Pius X

MASS READINGS Reading 1 Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver...

Today is tomorrow’s past; Think it well, then, how to live it fully; tend to its cares if you must; forget not to love tenderly those...

"I think that the Church is the only thing that is going to make the terrible world we are coming to endurable; the only thing that makes...

MASS READINGS Responsorial Psalm Psalm 139:7-8, 9-10, 11-12ab R. (1) You have searched me and you know me, Lord. From your presence where...

MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "A man going on a journey called in his servants and...

"Without priests the Church would not be able to live that fundamental obedience which is at the very heart of her existence and her...