Meanwhile, the rather large brain tumor of Philip Gerard Johnson over at In Caritate Non Ficta is stable, so he continues his progress on his way to being ordained a priest of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His great bishop is wonderfully in solidarity with him, as it should be.
I received a pile of forms for grading courses he’s completed from the academic dean at Saint Charles Borromeo in Philadelphia. Philip is a good student, a great seminarian. He has a profound sense about what the priesthood is all about, that is, about Who the priesthood is all about. We’re praying for a miracle for him.
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
Prayers are being offered for Philip Gerard Johnson. God Bless him.