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Fr. Paul D. Scalia: The Authority of the Body – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Paul D. Scalia: The Authority of the Body

Fr. Charles Fox Essay: “Behold We Live”: Msgr. Ronald Knox On the Power of the Cross

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Jesus Teaches the People by the Sea (Jésus enseigne le peuple près de la mer) by James Tissot, c. 1890 [Brooklyn Museum, New York]

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing, August 25, 2024

Fr. Paul Scalia is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, VA, where he serves as Episcopal Vicar for Clergy and Pastor of Saint James in Falls Church. He is the author of That Nothing May Be Lost: Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion and the editor of Sermons in Times of Crisis: Twelve Homilies to Stir Your Soul.

Over the past three Sundays, we have heard our Lord’s Bread of Life Discourse. Today the scene comes to a dramatic conclusion with the crowd’s rejection of his teaching. (John 6:60-69) Their reaction touches on two timeless and therefore timely controversies: authority and the body.

First, authority. “Then many of his disciples who were listening said, ‘This saying is hard; who can accept it?’” What makes Jesus’ teaching hard is not any lack of clarity. There’s no indication that the crowd didn’t understand what he was teaching. Indeed, on several occasions Jesus confirmed that they rightly understood that he was teaching that his flesh is real food and his blood real drink. …

Fr. Paul D. Scalia: The Authority of the Body

Fr. Charles Fox Essay: “Behold We Live”: Msgr. Ronald Knox On the Power of the Cross

The Time is Now: Pray With Our Lady of Sorrows, by Joseph Hollcraft, Ruth Berghorst

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing, August 25, 2024

Over the past three Sundays, we have heard our Lord’s Bread of Life Discourse. Today the scene comes to a dramatic conclusion with the crowd’s rejection of his teaching. (John 6:60-69) Their reaction touches on two timeless and therefore timely controversies: authority and the body.

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