From Deep Furrows: Three quotes on charisms in the Church:
"The Church is no abstract entity; only real, corporeal persons participate in her. They are ecclesial to the degree in which their personal mission - Origen speaks of an anima ecclesiastica [ecclesiastical soul] - their charism, extends into the reality of the universal Church, as happens, in the case of prayer, for instance, or of suffering."
See the whole post, quotes from a conversation between Hans Urs von Balthasar and Angelo Scola.
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
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*Readings: Daniel 13:1-9.15-1719-30.33-62; Psalm 23:1-6; John 8:1-11*
Whenever I hear Jesus’ encounter with the woman caught in adultery, my
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