mother, by grace, Mother of all grace, our little youngest sister. George Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest (Translated from the French by Pamela Morris, Boriswood, London, 1937) [Lost link]

this amusing story about the day of his first Communion : "It was a game day for my team, so the priest asked and obtained that they move the time of the game. Thanks to his intervention, I was able to

Rosary, she helps me to trust myself and places me in the arms of her beloved Son. Mary, Mother of Priests, once again I entrust to you what I hold most dear, the gift that your Son gave me at Notre Dame

facing ancient Christians from Japan. There were 15,000 of them, who had kept the faith without a priest for two and a half centuries. I led the little group to the altar of the Blessed Virgin. And all

n, the cancer was gone! Here is some amazing news that reached us via a parish priest of the diocese of Lyon. The priest in question is the spiritual director of a lady with paraplegia. In early September [...] , there was no trace of the tumor. The cancer was gone. The lady alerted her priest who, after talking with fellow priests, was forced to admit that this was a "miracle". This story is very recent and [...] September 2017, doctors diagnosed this woman with a cancerous ovarian tumor. She told her priest, who gave her the novena called “Going Through Cancer with Zélie Martin and the Virgin of the Smile” (Life Editions)

that village is full of witches, it's a trap." But the priest answered, "Perhaps there is a soul to save there. I must go and find out." And the priest set off to the village, followed by his reluctant assistant [...] surrounded the priest and took him into a hut where a girl about 17 years of age was dying. The women said, "She has been calling for you. She wants to be baptized by a Catholic priest so she can be with [...] who begged him to turn back. "The demon is annoyed because there is a soul to save," replied the priest. And they continued their route in prayer. After a good deal of walking on mountain paths, they heard

Catholic priests. One day one of these so-called “refractory” priests, named Father Chaminade (1), was about to be arrested for refusing to sign the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The priest managed [...] around the priest: "Reverend Father! How did they fail to see you? You were right here, in plain sight and within their reach!" Then the young child who was sitting next to the “refractory” priest—one of those [...] the conversation. But policemen were close behind him and entered the house too. They had seen the priest come in and knew he was inside, but, curiously, they could not find him anywhere. They searched all

any further, the priest gave her the sacrament. When he spoke these words, "Mary, I baptize you..." a radiant joy lit up her face and a new force of life flowed through her. The priest took advantage of [...] closer to her, but she said, 'Not now, but ask to be baptized by a Catholic priest and then I will come and get you.'" The priest was very much moved and he gave her a Miraculous Medal. "This is the lady [...] saw!" said the dying girl. She kissed the medal with love, then, exhausted, she fell asleep. The priest blessed her and went back on his way. He wasn't far when the witches called to him, crying: "She

years later, God's will called this young priest to work as a chaplain in a hospital. One day, a poor sick patient was brought in. He exclaimed to the priest as he entered, "Don't you start speaking to [...] replied the priest. "You don't understand, Father, the Rosary is the reason for my bad luck," confided the patient. "How can that be, my friend? What are you trying to say?" asked the priest. "Well, I will [...] think I must be cursed." The priest was very moved and asked, "When did this happen? What is the date of your mother's death?" Upon hearing the patient's response, the priest drew the rosary out of his pocket

Where are you from?" "I am a Nazarene," the priest answered. Rosa continued, with her limited ecclesiastical knowledge: "Are you perhaps from Loreto?" The priest: "Yes, I live in the house of Loreto". "Oh [...] later, she had the good sense to ask Our Lady herself who this famous priest was. Smiling, Our Lady pointed out to her that the "priest" of Nazareth par excellence, the one she had seen and who still had [...] of the Rosary Mamma Rosa (1) was preparing a meal, cutting tomatoes to make a salad, when a young priest, looking about 30 years old, knocked at her door and came in. He greeted the good lady and asked