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"Let us live for souls, let us be apostles, let us save above all the souls of priests. Let us pray and suffer for them and on the last day Jesus will be grateful."
- St. Therese
 
 

Below are mp3 files of recent homilies and talks given at Our Lady of Solitude about the Year of the Priest.

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Now featured in the list above, you will find talks by Fr. John Muir, S.T.L., Parochial Vicar of St. Joan of Arc Parish. This series of talks - one per month during the Year for Priests - focuses in on different theological aspects of the priesthood.

We were blessed to have Fr. Muir offer reflections for us on the Year of St. Paul. Unfortunately we did not record them. However, we want to reverse that mistake by recording and making available to you Fr. Muir's Year of the Priest series. Be sure to listen to these inspiring and informing reflections.

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Fr. James Miara, Bronx, during Benediction
in Black Canyon City
 
 


LET US JOIN IN FERVENT PRAYER
FOR OUR PRIESTS

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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Let us pray for our Fr. Paul Sullivan, the new Director of Vocations for the Dioces of Phoenix (above) and his associate director, Fr. Matt Lowry (below)fr lowry
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Let us pray for Fr. Greg Menegay and St. Mary Magdalen Parish who will begin construction on their new Church
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A priest is a lover of God. A priest is a lover of men. A priest is a holy man. A priest understands all things. A priest forgives all things. A priest encompasses all things. The heart of a priest is pierced, like Christ's, with the lance of love. The heart of a priest is open, like Christ's, for the whole world to walk through. The heart of a priest is a vessel of compassion. The heart of a priest is a chalice of love. The heart of a priest is the trysting place of human and divine love. A priest is a man whose goal is to be another Christ; a priest is a man who lives to serve. A priest is a man who has crucified himself so that he too may be lifted up and draw all things to Christ. A priest is a man in love with God. A priest is the gift of God to man and of man to God. A priest is the symbol of the Word made flesh. A priest is the naked sword of God's justice. A priest is the hand of God's mercy. A priest is the reflection of God's love. Nothing can be greater in this world than a priest, nothing but God himself. - Servant of God Catherine Doherty