Monday Musings - No Greater Mission For A Catholic Priest


It is really as simple as this...

(Photo©Father Lawrence Lew, O.P. Used with permission.)


"Give  me a priest who is in love with the Eucharist, and I will show you young men and women who will be in love with the Eucharist. In fact, there is probably no greater mission a Catholic priest could have than to spend that one hour with their youth before spending one hour with the Lord. We are starving for it."

(Shaun Kenney, Boring Catechesis Produces Boring Catholics, published in November 14, 2019 issue of The Wanderer)

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