Priesthood Archives

Why Catholics Call Their Priests “Father”

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Sep 4, 2022 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven” (Matthew 23:9).

The Priesthood of the Faithful

by Joannie Watson | May 27, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Knowing | 0 |

Over the next three weeks, I want to look at our baptismal call as Christians. There are many...

Is Jesus Your Lord and King?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Nov 21, 2021 | God's Word, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Image: Stained glass window at the Melkite Catholic Annunciation Cathedral in Roslindale depicting...

A Crisis in the Single Life

by Joannie Watson | Aug 14, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“Some of us will have a path to holiness through a vowed vocation. But due to fallen human nature, not all of us will.” We speak a lot about a crisis of vocations, the crisis in the priesthood, and a crisis in married life. At...

Restoring Essential Services

by Fr. Roger Landry | May 19, 2020 | Men of Faith, Spotlight | 0 |

Stained glass window at the Melkite Catholic Annunciation Cathedral in Roslindale depicting Christ the King with the regalia of a Byzantine emperor. (January 2009 photo by John Stephen Dwyer [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia...

Offering Spiritual Sacrifice

by Joannie Watson | May 8, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“As priests, we are united to Christ and His sacrifice in the offering we make of ourselves and...

Courage in the Christian and Priestly Life

by Fr. Roger Landry | Mar 26, 2020 | Men of Faith, Spotlight | 0 |

Two weeks ago I had the joy to preach the annual five-day retreat for Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where 25 years ago this year I began my formation for the priesthood. It was an opportunity to express my...

Our priests need us

by Joannie Watson | May 24, 2019 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“Your parish priest is a fallen human being. He may hurt your feelings or he may make bad...

Is it okay to call a Catholic priest “Father”?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | May 5, 2019 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

[NB: Do not miss the video at the end of this article. You will be blessed. —Deacon Mike] Call no...

Encountering the Word — John 20:19-23

by ICL Editor | Nov 19, 2018 | Verse | 0 |

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed...