Transforming Grace: Becoming Thoughtful Men and Women of God

"On any given day, the priest must reach back into heaven through his soul and grab what is holy to offer to the people. The beauty of God's presence and truth must be piped through the humanity of the priest like water through a faucet. And a well-constructed, challenging and honest support system is imperative for the man so that God can work with freedom in the vocation."

-An excerpt from Citizens of Heaven



"I believe, from heaven, we will see each person with their crosses trying to manage wounds and weaknesses as they try to fix on their identity in Christ. As beloved children of the Father, we must accept no ugly exclusion of any group of people. We accept, as followers, that we lack full understanding of the condition of any man. Only God can judge."

-An excerpt from Diocesan Priesthood as a Point of Entry for a Co-responsible Laity





"In my time, my instruction was clear. God asked me to rebuild His Church and in my human and limited thinking, I began at once, not knowing or understanding the scope of the instruction or how I would suffer for its fulfillment."



- St. Francis, Transforming Grace