The Dispatch
Fathers, Sons, and Sacrifices: On the Second Sunday of Lent
On the Readings for February 25, 2018, the Second Sunday of Lent […]
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Features
Lent and the Sacraments: Holy Orders
The treatment of the Sacrament of Holy Orders1 in the Catechism begins with the reminder that this is “the sacrament of the apostolic ministry,” conferred in three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, diaconate; the first two orders […]
Essay
“My flesh for the life of the world”: Ronald Knox on the Mass as a Sacrifice
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” —John 6:51 […]
News Briefs
As Lent begins, Irish bishop urges that political leaders be told worship is essential
Letterkenny, Ireland, Feb 17, 2021 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- The worship of God is ‘utterly essential’ and political leaders need to be told this, the Bishop of Raphoe wrote Tuesday in a pastoral letter marking the beginning of Lent.
“It ha… […]
Essay
Lent: Why the Christian must deny himself
Editor’s note: The following essay was originally published in the February 2000 issue of Homiletic & Pastoral Review, and was later posted on Ignatius Insight. The author, Brother Austin G. Murphy, O.S.B., has been Abbott […]