Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEOriginally preached on the Feast of the Presentation A seminarian recently mentioned how difficult it was for Blessed Miguel Pro to accept his sister’s entrance into religious life; he had a quote from the blessed that read, “Heaven must be beautiful, because it costs so much.” Unless we have a sibling or a …
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEPreached on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 – Chair of St. Peter Today we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, which isn’t simply a celebration of a physical object or of just Saint Peter; it commemorates that “privileged sign of God’s love,” the papacy, and the spiritual authority entrusted to …
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEWednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel recounts the healing of a blind man; in fact, this miracle is only recounted in Mark’s Gospel. There’s a lot of interesting details for us to consider, but one things that strikes us is that this is the only miracle in the …
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE Mass for Life – Friday, January 27th, 2017The Religious Family of the Incarnate Word stops in front of the U. S. Supreme Court Building during the March for Life 2017. Every day of our lives, and in a particular way when we come to the March for Life, we’re faced with …
Fr. Alberto Barattero, IVEThird Sunday in Ordinary Time When I was a child I wanted to go with my father to fish, and my father always said, “when you are twelve I will take you fishing”. So, when I was twelve years old I was happy because I could fish with my father, and this …
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEFriday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time – Memorial of St. Fabian & St. Sebastian Today’s Gospel presents Christ calling His apostles. Although the passage is short, and from the shortest Gospel, in the space of three verses we have the story of every priestly vocation and the model of every …
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEThursday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time Eucharistic Procession during the IVE Popular Mission in Mankato, MN. Today’s Gospel presents a brief summary of Christ’s ministry after He angered the Pharisees in yesterday’s Gospel. There are two things that call our attention: first, all the people who come to Jesus, and …
Fr. Timothy van Zee, IVEWednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time An IVE priest celebrates Mass in the Chapel of the Annunciation in San Rafael, Argentina, the first chapel of the Institute. An accusation often leveled against priests and seminarians is that we don’t do anything. There are not many, if any, tangible results …
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