What is the structure of Acts? It is a book with a movement, a shape, a plan. What is that shape? Knowing the structure of a thing usually helps me understand it better, see how the pieces fit into the whole, what purpose they serve. When you see the whole, you start seeing more deeply […]

I’ve been reading two books lately that keep reminding me of Mother Maria’s essay: The Priest Is Not His Own by Fulton Sheen, and The Ladder of Divine Assent by St. John Climacus. Sheen shows again and again that the priest who offers the sacrifice is also the victim. His calling is to give his […]