The confessio contains the remains of the martyr for whom the basilica is named, and sometimes those of other martyrs as well. The confessio, then, is a confession - but of faith, not of sin. Santa Susanna publicly confessed her Christian faith - at a time when it was not legal to be Christian - and made the ultimate confession with her life. Just as martyr derives from the Greek word for witness, the confessio under the altar stands as a statement of belief and faith in the resurrection.
Year 1 Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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*Readings: Romans 8:12-17; Psalm 68:2.4.6-7.20-21; Luke 13:10-17*
Flesh, spirit, body. What? In this passage, the words “flesh” and “body”
are not interch...
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