Be Thou My Vision: Meditations on the Priesthood by David Ricken

Be Thou My Vision: Meditations on the Priesthood

By David Ricken

About the Book

This book will deepen a priest’s love of his own vocation. In a series of meditations, Bishop Ricken invites the reader not only into a clearer image of priesthood but into a deeper perception of how these images open the mind to healing and prayer. Priests will benefit from prayerfully spending time with these spiritual and practical insights on priestly commitment, prayer, and parish life.

160 Pages

About the Author

Bishop David Ricken studied theology at St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana and the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium where he earned his graduate degree in sacred theology. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he received his JCL in Canon Law in 1989. In 2000, Pope John Paul II ordained him as the Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and he became the ordinary in 2001. Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Ricken the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2008.