Pope Saint John Paul II when he went missing, was found eventually
with his arms draped about the tabernacle.

Once the “Imitation of Christ”was second only in published works to the bible.
But then Harry Potter rose to challenge and fill the void.
Equally, Saint Ignatius work on ascetical theology in the past was hugely popular
among serious-minded Catholics.
Catholics need to seek through deeper prayer a way to contradict the extreme
forms of atheism, and the ideology that underlies law, a feature of Hillary Clintons background. Without a mystical
strength there can be no contradiction, and indeed no real Christianity (“The Christian of the future will be a mystic
or not exist at all”…Fr Karl Rahner SJ).
The very presence of Satanic after school clubs in the U.S., makes it imperative for Catholics to be supportive of
prayerful priesthood. The many distractions that are about can be farmed out to responsible parishioners, and free up
more time for the priest to pray.
Saint Leopoldo Mandic was a priest of the confessional, as was Saint Jean Vianney. They are models for priesthood.
Both were deeply spiritual men.
Catholic culture that embraces aceticism and mysticism, has a strength and a contradiction in a world of hedonism.