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<\/p>\nThe Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass<\/a><\/h3>\nSophia Institute Press, 2024<\/p>\n
Five movements of silence in the Mass, moving from the sublime to the practical. Each chapter looks at Mary as exemplifying that movement of silence, draws on the wisdom of St. Benedict, and ends with reflection questions and exercises, so it can be used by a parish group as well as read alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Fruit of Her Womb<\/a><\/h3>\nSophia Institute Press, 2023<\/p>\n
A thirty-three day consecration to Jesus through Mary: Scripture readings and reflections from popes and saints, to help you entrust yourself to our Lady. There is a sample on the Marian Consecration page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n![\"Front](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/through-the-heart-of-st-joseph.jpg?w=140&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\nThrough the Heart of St. Joseph<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2021<\/p>\n
A book about entering into a relationship with St. Joseph. If you do not feel you know him well, it will help you know him personally. If you have already made your consecration to St. Joseph, it will lead you deeper into that relationship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nPersonal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2020 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
On prayer as something received rather than achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nSpiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2017 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n
Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h2>\nOn St. Joseph<\/h3>\n\n- Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong>
Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong>
Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n- Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong>
2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n\n- Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong>
2026.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n- Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong>
2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n\n- Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong>
The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On my own spiritual director<\/strong>
St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n\n- Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong>
2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Foreword to Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong>
<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic writing<\/h2>\n
Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong>
On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong>
Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong>
Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link. 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<\/p>\nThe Fruit of Her Womb<\/a><\/h3>\nSophia Institute Press, 2023<\/p>\n
A thirty-three day consecration to Jesus through Mary: Scripture readings and reflections from popes and saints, to help you entrust yourself to our Lady. There is a sample on the Marian Consecration page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\nThrough the Heart of St. Joseph<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2021<\/p>\n
A book about entering into a relationship with St. Joseph. If you do not feel you know him well, it will help you know him personally. If you have already made your consecration to St. Joseph, it will lead you deeper into that relationship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\nPersonal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2020 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
On prayer as something received rather than achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\nSpiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2017 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n
Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h2>\nOn St. Joseph<\/h3>\n\n- Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong>
Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong>
Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n- Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong>
2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n\n- Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong>
2026.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n- Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong>
2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n\n- Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong>
The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On my own spiritual director<\/strong>
St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n\n- Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong>
2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Foreword to Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong>
<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic writing<\/h2>\n
Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong>
On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong>
Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong>
Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link. 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<\/p>\nThrough the Heart of St. Joseph<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2021<\/p>\n
A book about entering into a relationship with St. Joseph. If you do not feel you know him well, it will help you know him personally. If you have already made your consecration to St. Joseph, it will lead you deeper into that relationship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\nPersonal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2020 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
On prayer as something received rather than achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\nSpiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2017 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n
Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h2>\nOn St. Joseph<\/h3>\n\n- Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong>
Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong>
Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n- Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong>
2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n\n- Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong>
2026.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n- Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong>
2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n\n- Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong>
The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On my own spiritual director<\/strong>
St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n\n- Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong>
2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Foreword to Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong>
<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic writing<\/h2>\n
Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong>
On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong>
Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong>
Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link. Books The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass Sophia Institute Press, 2024 Five movements of silence in the Mass, moving from the sublime to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10722","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7bfMR-2MW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/","url_meta":{"origin":10722,"position":0},"title":"Welcome to the homepage of\u2026","author":"Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.","date":"September 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the homepage of Father Boniface Patrick Hicks, OSB. I am a Benedictine monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey and a Catholic priest, serving as parochial vicar at Divine Grace Parish in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. 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<\/p>\nPersonal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2020 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
On prayer as something received rather than achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\nSpiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2017 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n
Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h2>\nOn St. Joseph<\/h3>\n\n- Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong>
Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong>
Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n- Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong>
2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n\n- Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong>
2026.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n- Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong>
2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n\n- Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong>
The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On my own spiritual director<\/strong>
St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n\n- Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong>
2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Foreword to Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong>
<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic writing<\/h2>\n
Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong>
On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong>
Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong>
Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link. 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Radio Station I am an On Air contributor of We Are One Body\u00ae Catholic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Father Boniface Hicks, OSB","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/father-boniface-hicks-759x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10736,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":10722,"position":1},"title":"Accompaniment 10: Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment","author":"Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.","date":"August 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Written for Exodus 90 in 2023, as part of a series of ten reflections on the art of accompaniment. 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<\/p>\nSpiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love<\/a><\/h3>\nEmmaus Road Publishing, 2017 · with Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.<\/p>\n
A guide for those who give spiritual direction and for those who seek it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n
Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h2>\nOn St. Joseph<\/h3>\n\n- Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong>
Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong>
Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n- Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong>
2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n\n- Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong>
2026.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n- Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong>
2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n\n- Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong>
The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On my own spiritual director<\/strong>
St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n\n- Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong>
2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Foreword to Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong>
<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic writing<\/h2>\n
Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
\n- Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong>
On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong>
Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong>
Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link. 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The Art of Accompaniment<\/h2>\n
Ten reflections written for Exodus 90 in 2023, working through passages in Genesis, the Gospels and Romans: what it means to accompany another person, and what gets in the way. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Introducing the series<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gen 3 \u2014 The effects of shame<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 21 \u2014 Peter, do you love me? Try, fail, surrender<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mark 3 \u2014 The man with the withered hand<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 4 \u2014 He told me all that I ever did<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rm 7 \u2014 I do not do what I want<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 22 \u2014 The Greatest Commandment<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mt 23 \u2014 Spiritual bypassing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mk 5 \u2014 Fixing is a form of shaming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jn 13 \u2014 A new commandment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Articles<\/h2>\n
On St. Joseph<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Saint Joseph and the Indispensable Role of the Holy Family<\/a><\/strong>
Nova et Vetera<\/em>, English edition, vol. 20 no. 1, Winter 2022, pp. 61–76. Part of the symposium on Patris Corde<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
Columbia<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Joseph our Patron<\/strong>
Maronite Voice<\/em>, 2021. On the Litany of St. Joseph as Pope Francis expanded it in the Year of St. Joseph.<\/span><\/li>\n- Review of Elizabeth Lev, The Silent Knight: A History of St. Joseph as Depicted in Art<\/em><\/strong>
2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn silence, prayer and the liturgy<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Liturgy of the Hours: Source of Devotion, Grace, Personal Prayer, and Apostolate<\/strong>
2026.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- Making Your First Holy Hour<\/a><\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n- Healing and the Eucharist<\/strong>
2024. Healing happens when a part of us we are ashamed of can be seen and loved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn spiritual direction and accompaniment<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Going Deeper with Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/strong>
The St. Paul Center, September 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
The Priest<\/em>, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- On my own spiritual director<\/strong>
St. Paul Center PRIESTS blog, 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n- Try, Fail, Surrender<\/strong>
Written for Exodus 90, 2023. The three-step dynamic by which the spiritual life actually grows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn the Holy Spirit, the saints and the spiritual life<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Our Guardian Angel Guards Our Story<\/strong>
2025. A narrative account of what angels do.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n- A Matter of Trust: a personal testimony on the gifts<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n- Surrendering to Jesus<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Summary of Malines: Encounter with Christ Through Mystical Patrimony<\/strong>
Pentecost Today<\/em>, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Louis de Montfort’s Sweet and Tender Approach to Discipleship<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Bernard and Family Love<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Frances Cabrini and Evangelical Charity<\/strong>
2021.<\/span><\/li>\n- Foreword to Light of His Eyes<\/em><\/strong>
<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAcademic writing<\/h2>\n
Papers written for the Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), completed at the Angelicum in 2023. These are here in full.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Clarifications on Spiritual Direction Using the Conceptual Framework of St. John Henry Newman<\/a><\/strong>
On the personal relationship spiritual direction requires, on conscience, and on notional and real apprehension.<\/span><\/li>\n- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
The Letters of Paul and the New Evangelization (STL 977), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- Spiritual Direction: A Mission of the Spirit Particular to the New Testament<\/a><\/strong>
Mission of the Spirit (STL 928), 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n- The Essential Role of the Kerygma and Ongoing Accompaniment in Deliverance Ministry<\/a><\/strong>
Evangelization and Spirituality (STL 868), 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I have written, in one place — the books, the articles, and the academic work. Where the full text is on this site, the title is a link. 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- St. Paul’s Teaching on Spiritual Formation for the New Evangelization<\/a><\/strong>
- St. Benedict and Deliverance<\/strong>
- On spiritual direction<\/strong>
- The Role of Silence in the Life of Today’s Priest<\/strong>
- The Eloquent Silence of St. Joseph<\/strong>
- Gen 2 \u2014 It is not good for man to be alone<\/a><\/li>\n