St. Alphonsus once said that mental prayer is morally necessary for one’s salvation. In today’s busy world, there is a temptation to become frantically engaged in parish activities at the expense of one’s interior life.
This presentation emphasizes the importance of mental prayer in the life of a Catholic, with the hope that the audience will begin practicing mental prayer before the Blessed Sacrament for a substantial period of time each day.

BIO
Fr. Vincent Woo is a canon lawyer, liturgist, and priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He served as priest-secretary and Master of Ceremonies to Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and oversaw the Archdiocesan Office of Worship, coordinating major liturgies including the Chrism Mass, Ordinations, and the Walk for Life Mass.

As a canon lawyer, Fr. Woo has served as a stable advocate for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and has provided pro bono assistance in marriage nullity cases. He is also an appointed member of the Sacramental Law Committee of the Canon Law Society of America and contributes to academic journals on sacramental and liturgical law. In 2024, Raymond Cardinal Burke invited him to speak at the Speculum Iustitiae Conference.