There is an institution that appears in every era, wherever there have been men: it is the priesthood. The priesthood comes to give priests who fulfill one of humanity’s most fundamental needs: the need for someone to be a mediator between God and men, especially by means of that classic task that we call sacrifice: […]
[1] John Paul II has convoked the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place around the time of Jubilee in the year 2000. The theme will be: The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World. This Synod, writes Cardinal Jan P. Shötte,
The Imitation of Christ teaches that a “good peaceable man turns all things to good.”[1]The Church has always worked in the same way; when errors arose, she delved more profoundly into Revelation. Each of us should work in the same way, taking advantage of all different circumstances in order to know Our Lord more profoundly
[1] Interest in the Biblical foundation of the evangelical counsels is not something exclusive to the modern era. Nevertheless, it is certain that with the renewal of religious life promoted by the Second Vatican Council this interest has become the subject of much theological speculation. Many progressive theologians insist on denying the doctrine and practice
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Currently there are many terrible attacks against the religious life. In a document by the Spanish Conference of Bishops about theology and secularization, a paragraph was dedicated to this topic, and the bishops made it clear how some people, even religious, seek to destroy the consecrated life: “Consecrated life is a form of sequela et
There are two meanings of the word mystery: the first, and more common, refers merely to something that is unknown, to something hidden. In this sense we say, for example, “a mystery movie.” The other meaning refers to the things that God reveals, indicating that the fullness of something is too vast for man to
*The Spanish word used is yerra, meaning the mark that is left after branding an animal; the Spanish footnote reads: Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (Madrid, 1992) 1502, vocablo «Yerra»: «R. de la Plata. Hierra, acción de marcar con hierro los ganados». I As we know, there are three sacraments that
A. We Are an Echo of Jesus’ Heart Every baptized person must be an echo of all Jesus’ pains and loves, and this is even truer for a priest. All the pains and all the loves of the Heart of the Divine Spouse, each and every one of them, must resonate solemnly in the echo
Just as everything in the solar system revolves around the sun, everything in the order of grace revolves around the grace of the Cross of Christ, the Sun of Justice. There is nothing in the world greater that Jesus Christ, and nothing in Jesus Christ is greater than His cross. – In it, God has
*Cfr. Charles Journet, La Misa, presencia del sacrifico de la cruz (Bilbao 1962) 26-31. I The supreme act by which Jesus Christ, through His death on the cross, founded a universe of redemption is called His “Hour.” His entire life is dominated by the idea of His Hour: the Hour of His Passion and the
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