Letters to My Brother Priests: Complete Collection of Holy Thursday Letters (1979–2005)

Letters to My Brother Priests is the definitive and complete collection of Pope St. John Paul II’s Holy Thursday letters to his spiritual sons and fellow priests. At the beginning of the Paschal Triduum each year, the Pope offered an address to Catholic priests inviting them deeper into their commitment to their vocation and deeper into their relationship with the Eucharistic Lord.

Spanning every year of the saint’s pontificate (1979–2005), the fruits of his Holy Thursday tradition are bound in an elegant hardcover volume. Letters to My Brother Priests contains the Holy Father’s wisdom imparted to the clergy not just for living the duties of their state in life but for flourishing as beloved sons of God.

Readers enjoy twenty-seven distinct letters from the heart of a saint to heart of the priest. This edition includes a short introduction to each year’s letter that explores the travels, writings, and other activities that occupied the Pope’s time during that year. It also includes a new foreword by Stephen P. White, Executive Director of the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C.

• This Essential Collection: Explores the theology and spirituality of the priesthood through the eyes of a devoted pastor and spiritual father, Pope John Paul II.
• It Is Written For: Priests, deacons and seminarians as well as lay Catholics seeking a deeper understanding of the priestly life in Christ.
• This Book Addresses: Topics that were at the center of Pope John Paul II’s heart including the Eucharist, devotion to the trinitarian God, the importance of prayer, devotion to Mary, being a witness to others, accompanying the lay faithful, and being in the world but not of it.