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  • Lent Talks 2015
    Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and it is necessary for the survival of humanity. Without the family, the cultural survival of the human race … Continue reading →
  • Preparing for Lent
    We are very fortunate this year that the readings at Mass have coincided perfectly with this season of preparation for Lent. We have heard of the creation of the world, the fall of man, and today, we heard the beginning … Continue reading →
  • The Lourdes of England and the Norbertines in Lincolnshire
    In the first century of the post-Reformation Norbertine mission in England, our confrères ran several parishes across the country. One of those parishes was Spalding in Lincolnshire, which became home to a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes thanks to … Continue reading →
  • 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 →
Prayers to Saint Norbert

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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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