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  • I thirst
    As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? – Ps 42:1-2 Thirsting is linked … Continue reading →
  • O God: rouse Thyself! Do not forget mankind, Thy creature!
    Today is designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the 48 extermination, concentration and labour camps at Auschwitz in modern-day Poland. Today is the 70th anniversary of that liberation. Five of … Continue reading →
  • An incurable restlessness
    “Lord, what should I do?” This is a question that God hears rather a lot. Really, we should ask it every day. Not as a way to fill the gaps in the diary that day; rather, the question should be … Continue reading →
  • 2015
    MMXV 2015 1629 years since the conversion of Our Holy Father Augustine 1585 years since the death of Our Holy Father Augustine 935 years since the birth of Our Holy Father Norbert 922 years since the birth of Blessed Hugh … Continue reading →
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You Are My Order...

“You are my Order. Just as bishops have their canons delegated to offer public prayer in their diocese, in the same way you are my canons, not just for one diocese, but for the universal Church.”

- Pope Pius XI

St. Norbert on the Priesthood

O Priest, who are you?
You are not yourself because you are God
You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ.
You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church.
You are not yourself because you are the mediator between God and man.
You are not from yourself because you are nothing.
What then are you? Nothing and everything.
O Priest!
Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you:
"He saved others, himself he cannot save!"

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