*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
[1] A. In the entire Universe There Is Nothing Greater than Jesus Christ For its stage, the Incarnation had a tiny planet, lost among millions of stars and thousands of galaxies, but, because of the Incarnation, this planet is the real center of the universe. Human history is like a play in which, despite many
The Holy Mass is a miracle of prolongation. Christ’s priesthood and His sacrifice are prolonged in a sacramental manner in the Mass. A. The Perpetuation of Christ’s Priesthood Christ’s priesthood is continued not only in the Mass, but also in every liturgy, which is “an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ.”[1] Thus, when
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The Only Mediator Now, there is only one God, and only one mediator between God and men: Christ Jesus, himself human (1 Tim 2:5). He is the mediator in His very being, because in His person He unites the two extremes of the mediation: God and man. He is the mediator in all of His
[1] The Priesthood of Jesus Christ Since the dawn of time, there have been priests on the earth, at least in the sense of their fundamental function of being a media-tor between God and man, especially by means of offering sacri-fice. A priest is he who is taken from among men and made their representa-tive
Homily preachedSeminario “María, Madre del Verbo Encarnado” – San Rafael, Argentina Fr. Mariano Vicchi, IVE preaching on the Seven Last Words of Christ on Good Friday in Chillum, MD. The wisdom of the cross was the wisdom that attracted the priest. He perceived, in the midst of confusion, that only in Christ’s school would he be taught the marvelous and unique lesson of the Cross. He realized that the cross was folly in the world’s&n […]
Homily preached on October 11th, 1998Seminario “María, Madre del Verbo Encarnado” – San Rafael, Argentina Fr. Martin Prado, IVE currently on mission in Papua New Guinea. Dear Brothers, Today we celebrate World Mission Sunday. Starting this year, this day will be one of the great feasts of our Congregation, since our Congregation is fundamentally missionary, and indeed missionary ad gentes. Today it seemed fitting for me to preach on what I have […]
