Fr. Conor Donnelly's Meditations

A library of 571 meditations by Fr. Conor Donnelly. Read them here, listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or receive one daily on WhatsApp.

Contents

A

• A Christian Outlook on Death
• A Cup of Cold Water
• A Merciful Messiah
• Abandonment
• Afterwards You Will Understand
• Against All Hope
• Aim High
• All Saints’ Day
• All Souls
• All You Peoples, Bless the Lord
• All the Glory to God
• Anchored in Hope
• Apart From Me You Can Do Nothing
• Ash Wednesday
• At St. Joseph’s Side
• At the School of Mary
• Aunt Carmen

B

• Bartimaeus
• Be You Perfect
• Begin Again, Fight the Fight
• Beginning Again
• Behold I Make All Things New
• Blessed Are The Merciful
• Blessed Are the Peacemakers
• Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
• Blessed Álvaro del Portillo
• By Their Fruits, You Will Know Them

C

• Chalice, Possumus, We Can
• Charity
• Charity and the Tongue
• Charity versus Anger
• Cheerfulness
• Children of God
• Children—A Gift of God
• Christ Is Passing By
• Christ the King
• Christ the Light
• Christian Identity
• Christian Virtues
• Christmas
• Christmas Day, 2025
• Clean of Heart
• Come, Lord Jesus
• Commemoration of All Souls (2026)
• Conjugal Love
• Conscience, The Light of the Soul
• Contemplative: It Is Good That We Are Here
• Contrition
• Conversion of St. Paul (2027 Edition)
• Corpus Christi (2026)
• Corpus Christi (The Body and Blood of Our Lord)
• Correspondence to Grace
• Crises: Be Not Afraid
• Cross Rejection

D

• Daily Mass
• Death and the Good Use of Time (2nd Ed.)
• Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (2026)
• Deeper Desire
• Defending the Family
• Discerning One's Vocation
• Divine Filiation
• Divine Intimacies
• Divine Mercy Sunday
• Do Not Be Afraid
• Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
• Doctrinal Formation

E

• Easter Faith
• Easter Joy
• Easter Sunday
• Education In Social Virtues
• Egypt and the Holy Family
• Emmaus
• Enlarging the Heart
• Eternal Happiness
• Eternal Life
• Even The Hairs of Your Head
• Exalted
• Examination of Conscience

F

• Faithfulness
• Father’s Day
• Feast of the Archangels (2026)
• Fidelity in Marriage
• Finding Jesus
• Fire On Earth
• First Thoughts and Emotions
• Fishers of Men
• Forgiveness
• Forming Saints in the Domestic Church (Bethany)
• Forming Saints in the Domestic Church (Easter)
• Forming Saints in the Domestic Church (The Cross)
• Fraternal Correction
• Fraternity in the Work
• Freedom
• Friendship and Confidence
• Friendship with Jesus
• From Tabor to Calvary
• Fruits of the Holy Spirit

G

• Gamblers On Calvary
• Generosity
• Generosity Towards God
• Generosity in Correspondence
• God Has Captured Me With His Love
• God of Consolation
• God’s Bridge-Builder
• Good Anger and Bad Anger
• Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
• Gratitude for Pope Benedict XVI
• Great Mothers
• Growing in Faith
• Guardian Angels (2026)
• Guarding Our Sight

H

• Happy Are the Meek
• Healing Christ’s Wounds
• Heart in the Family
• Hearts on Fire
• Heaven and Vigilance
• Hell, Purgatory, Heaven
• Helping To Do Good
• Holy Communion: Jesus Is Mine
• Holy Purity
• Holy Saturday
• Holy Thursday: The Eucharist
• House on the Rock
• Humility
• Humility (Lent)
• Humility of Instruments
• Humility: Relying on God

I

• I Came To Cast Fire On Earth
• I Thirst
• Imagination: The Madwoman
• In Expectation of Our Lord
• In the Heart of Joseph and Mary
• Increase My Faith
• Infectious Faith
• Interior Peace
• Interior Struggle
• Invoking Our Savior
• It Is Right and Just

J

• Jesus Christ, The Eternal High Priest
• Joy in the Cross (Lent)
• Judas
• Judgments (Charity)

K

• Keeping My Word
• Kindness
• Knowing God Through Mary
• Knowing When to Speak
• Knowing, Loving, and Living the Eucharist

L

• Launch Out Into The Deep
• Learning to Ask
• Lent: Christ’s Death on the Cross
• Life of Childhood
• Life of Faith
• Listening
• Little Duties
• Little Things
• Looking Up to Heaven
• Love For Priests
• Love for Chastity
• Love for Our Vocation
• Love for Peter
• Love for the Church (St. Pius X)
• Love for the Cross
• Loving Jesus’ House
• Loyalty
• Lukewarmness

M

• Magnanimity
• Making A More Just World
• Making Good Decisions or The Virtue of Prudence
• Making Up for Lost Time
• Marriage and Indissolubility
• Marriage in Heaven
• Martha, Martha
• Mary Mother of God (2027 Edition)
• Mary of Bethany’s Authentic Love
• Mary, Mother of God
• Mary, Mother of God (2nd Ed.)
• Maturity and Participation in the Divine Nature
• Meekness
• Mental Prayer
• Midterm of the Year of St. Joseph
• Mortification
• Mother of God and Our Mother
• Mother of the Church
• Mother’s Day
• Much Will Be Demanded: Responsibility
• My Words Will Not Pass Away

N

• Naaman the Syrian (Docility)
• Naturalness and Simplicity

O

• Obedience
• Obedience in Bethlehem
• Octave of Prayer for the Unity of Christians
• On Apostolate
• On Creation
• On Formation
• On Grace, Supernatural Life, and Confession
• On Hope
• On Our Way to The House of Our Father
• On Temperance
• On Work
• Optimism
• Order
• Our Father God
• Our Lady Help of Christians
• Our Lady of Africa
• Our Lady of Fatima
• Our Lady of Guadalupe
• Our Lady of Loreto
• Our Lady of Lourdes
• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (July 16th)
• Our Lady of Peace
• Our Lady of Pilar
• Our Lady of Ransom
• Our Lady of Ransom (2026)
• Our Lady of Sorrows
• Our Lady of Sorrows (2026)
• Our Lady of the Angels
• Our Lady of the Rosary (2026)
• Our Lady of the Snows
• Our Lady the Queen
• Our Lady the Queen (2026)
• Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted
• Our Lady, Mother of Mercy
• Our Lady, Woman of the Eucharist
• Our Lady’s Fidelity
• Our Mother in May
• Our Sins, Our Confession
• Overcoming Human Respect

P

• Palm Sunday
• Passion for Unity
• Passionately Loving the World
• Patience
• Patience in Adversity
• Pentecost Sunday
• Perseverance
• Personal Prayer
• Peter and Prayer
• Peter’s Denials
• Piety
• Placing the Cross on the Summit of All Human Activities
• Plan of Life
• Poverty and Detachment
• Pray for the Dead
• Prayer of Petition
• Preparing for Retreat
• Preparing for the Jubilee Year 2025
• Preparing to Receive Jesus
• Presence of God
• Prince of Peace
• Pro-Active Love
• Professional Prestige
• Purity of Soul
• Purity of the Heart

R

• Raise the World
• Reading of the Gospels to get to know Jesus Christ
• Reading the Signs
• Rectitude of Intention
• Rejection
• Render Unto Caesar
• Rich Before God
• Ripples in the Ocean

S

• Salt That Has Lost Its Savor
• Salt and Light
• Seed and Grace
• Seeing Christ in Illness
• Self-Love: The Enemy
• Self-denial
• Self-emptying and St. Joseph
• Serving One Master
• Shepherds and Wise Men
• Sick and You Visited Me
• Simeon and Anna
• Simplicity (after Edward Leen)
• Sin of Pride—The Elder Son
• Sincerity, Love for Truth
• Solemnity of All Saints (2026)
• Souls of Prayer
• Sparrows
• Spirit and Life
• Spirit of Service
• Spiritual Childhood
• Spiritual Direction
• Spiritual Receptivity
• St Thomas Aquinas (After Edward Leen)
• St. Andrew
• St. Augustine
• St. Barnabas
• St. Barnabas (2026)
• St. Bartholomew
• St. Benedict
• St. Catherine of Siena
• St. Catherine of Siena (2026)
• St. Dominic
• St. Francis Xavier
• St. Francis de Sales
• St. Francis of Assisi
• St. Gabriel
• St. James
• St. James (2026)
• St. Joachim and St. Anne
• St. John
• St. John (2025 Ed.)
• St. John Henry Newman on Friendship
• St. John Henry Newman on The Laity
• St. John Mary Vianney
• St. John Mary Vianney (2026)
• St. John Paul II
• St. John the Baptist
• St. Josemaría Escrivá (Feast, June 26th)
• St. Joseph and The Treasure of Silence
• St. Joseph and the Setbacks of Life
• St. Joseph in the Incarnation (Pope Francis)
• St. Joseph the Worker
• St. Joseph, The Family Man
• St. Joseph’s Holiness in Ordinary Life
• St. Justin
• St. Luke
• St. Luke (2026)
• St. Mark
• St. Mary Magdalene
• St. Mary Magdalene (2026)
• St. Matthew
• St. Matthias
• St. Monica
• St. Nicholas of Bari
• St. Patrick, March 17th
• St. Peter
• St. Peter and St. Paul
• St. Philip and St. James
• St. Pius X
• St. Pius X (2026)
• St. Severinus and Unity
• St. Simon and St. Jude
• St. Stephen
• St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
• St. Teresa of Avila
• St. Thomas
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• St. Thomas More
• St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher (2026)
• Sts. Cyril and Methodius
• Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
• Sts. Timothy and Titus
• Study

T

• Taking Advantage of the Means of Formation
• Temperance
• Temptation
• Tepidity
• Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving After Mass
• Thanksgiving Day (2026)
• That They May Have Life
• The Adoration of the Kings
• The Anniversary of Pope Francis’s Election
• The Anniversary of the Election of Don Fernando Ocáriz as the Prelate of
• The Anniversary of the Establishment of the Prelature
• The Anniversary of the First Holy Communion of St. Josemaría
• The Anniversary of the Ordination of St. Josemaría
• The Anniversary of the Ordination of the First Three Priests of the Prelature
• The Anniversary of the Women of the Prelature
• The Annunciation
• The Annunciation (Advent)
• The Apostolate
• The Apostolate of Confession
• The Apostolate of the Home
• The Archangels
• The Art of Prudence
• The Artisan of Nazareth
• The Ascension
• The Assumption of Our Lady
• The Baptism of Jesus
• The Baptism of Our Lord (2026)
• The Baptism of the Lord (2027 Edition)
• The Battle
• The Beatitudes
• The Beauty of the Manger
• The Bent Over Woman
• The Birth of St. John the Baptist
• The Birthday of St. Josemaría Escrivá
• The Birthday of the Prelate (Don Fernando)
• The Blind Man
• The Bread Our Heavenly Mother Gives Us
• The Bread of Life
• The Canonization of St. Josemaría Escrivá
• The Centurion and His Servant
• The Chair of St. Peter
• The Clean of Heart (after Edward Leen)
• The Communion of Saints
• The Conversion of St. Paul
• The Creative Courage of St. Joseph
• The Crosses of Love and Hate
• The Crucifixion
• The Cure of the Possessed Boy
• The Curing of the Man with an Unclean Spirit
• The Curing of the Possessed Man (Gerasenes)
• The Daughter of Jairus
• The Decree of Caesar Augustus and The Journey to Bethlehem
• The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
• The Depths of Simplicity
• The Devils Cast Out
• The Dignity of Man
• The Dignity of Work
• The End of Life
• The Epiphany
• The Epiphany of Our Lord (2027 Edition)
• The Eternal High Priest
• The Eucharist and Love
• The Eucharist–Faith and Hope
• The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
• The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (2026)
• The Faith of Abraham
• The Father in the Work
• The Feast of the Holy Family
• The Feast of the Holy Innocents, 2025
• The Fifth Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The First Commandment
• The First Disciples
• The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
• The First Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Fourth Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Friend of Sinners
• The Gift of Counsel
• The Gift of Fear of the Lord
• The Gift of Fortitude
• The Gift of Knowledge
• The Gift of Piety
• The Gift of Understanding
• The Gift of Wisdom
• The Good Samaritan
• The Good Shepherd
• The Good Shepherd (2nd Ed.)
• The Good Thief
• The Good Use of Time
• The Grain of Wheat
• The Grandeur of Man
• The Grandfather
• The Grandmother
• The Grass of the Field
• The Guardian Angels
• The Harvest is Plentiful
• The Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand
• The Healing of the Royal Official’s Son
• The Healing of the Ten Lepers
• The Holiness in Rest: A Sacred Pause
• The Holy Innocents
• The Holy Name of Jesus
• The Holy Name of Mary
• The Holy Rosary
• The House of God
• The Imagination and Interior Mortification
• The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8)
• The Immaculate Heart of Mary
• The Immaculate Heart of Mary (2026)
• The Infinite Love of God
• The Infinity of Littleness
• The Joy of the Journey to Bethlehem
• The King of Hearts
• The Last Day of the Liturgical Year (Vigilance)
• The Last Day of the Year (Dec. 31)
• The Last Things
• The Light Streaming from Bethlehem
• The Light of the World
• The Lord’s Day
• The Lost Sheep
• The Love of God
• The Magnificat
• The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
• The Mass
• The Mass and Personal Self-Surrender
• The Miracle at Cana
• The Miraculous Catch of Fish
• The Mother of Fair Love
• The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish
• The Mystery of the Incarnation
• The Narrow Gate
• The Narrow Path
• The Nativity of Our Lady
• The Obedience of Jesus
• The One Who Gives Us Jesus
• The Only Real Evil
• The Only Real Evil (2nd Ed.)
• The Parable of The Wedding Feast
• The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard
• The Parable of the Mustard Seed
• The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
• The Parable of the Rich Young Man
• The Parable of the Sower
• The Parable of the Talents
• The Parable of the Ten Virgins
• The Parable of the Treasure and the Pearl
• The Parable of the Vinedressers
• The Parable of the Weeds
• The Paralytic and His Friends
• The Paralytic at Capharnaum (Confession)
• The Passion of St. John the Baptist
• The Pharisee and the Publican
• The Pool at Bethsaida
• The Power of the Beatitudes
• The Precious Blood of Christ
• The Presentation of Our Lady
• The Presentation of Our Lord
• The Priestly Society of the Holy Cross
• The Prodigal Son
• The Prodigal Son (2025 Edition)
• The Prophecy of Simeon
• The Purification of Our Lady
• The Raising of Lazarus
• The Real Presence
• The Resurrection
• The Sacrament of Growth and Mercy
• The Sacred Heart of Jesus
• The Sacred Heart of Jesus (2026)
• The Sacred Humanity of Jesus
• The Saint’s Day of the Prelate
• The Sanctification of Calumnies
• The Sanctification of Later Years
• The Sanctification of Low Moments
• The Seat of Honor
• The Second Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady
• The Seventh Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Shepherds and Peace
• The Sixth Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Solemnity of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Solemnity of the Annunciation (2026)
• The Solemnity of the Assumption
• The Son of the Carpenter
• The Speck In My Brother's Eye
• The Storm on the Lake
• The Syrophoenician Woman
• The Temple Tax
• The Third Sunday of St. Joseph (2026)
• The Transfiguration
• The Truth Will Make You Free
• The Unmerciful Servant
• The Visitation of Our Lady
• The Visitation of Our Lady (2026)
• The Vocation of Our Lady
• The War With Temptation
• The Washing of the Feet
• The Way, the Truth, and the Life
• The Widow of Naim
• The Widow’s Mite
• The Will of God
• The Wisdom of Solomon
• The Woman Caught in Adultery
• The Woman with the Issue of Blood
• Thirsting for Justice
• To Serve
• Today’s Task
• Touching God in Prayer
• Trinity Sunday
• Trinity Sunday (2026)
• True Prayer
• True and False Freedom

U

• Understanding
• Unity of Life
• Unlimited Forgiveness
• Useless Servants

V

• Vanity (He Must Increase)
• Vigilance and the Rosary

W

• Waiting for Jesus
• Waiting for The Lord
• Walking on the Water––Faith
• Watchfulness
• When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong
• Where Is Your Heart?
• With the Readiness of Love—Vigilance

Y

• You Are Nothing
• Your One and Only Father

Z

• Zeal for Holiness Through Marriage

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• ‘Til Death Do Us Part