His Grace Most Rev. Socrates Villegas, D.D., Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan and [then] President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, shares a homily on the importance of a priest’s prayer life for his perseverance in faithful ministry—also a point that Fr. Arévalo stresses in his countless homilies at the first Masses of his many students who have been ordained. – from the Editor’s Preface

