Pointing to the Reality at Hand By Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. For me, Holy Thursday has always held a special place in the Paschal Triduum. From my childhood, I was captivated by the unique Mass, where the rare use of incense added to the sense of...
“They have pierced my hands and feet, I can count all my bones” (Ps 22:16-17). “I can count…”: how prophetic were these words! And yet we know that this body is a ransom. The whole of this body, its hands, its feet, its every bone, is a...
The text below is an excerpt from a hymn composed by St. Thomas Aquinas. On the night of that Last Supper, seated with His chosen band, He, the Paschal Victim eating, first fulfils the Law’s command; then as Food to His Apostles gives Himself with His own Hand....