Had Our Lord’s offering been by way of some human act of little cost, then one would feel that humanity’s part in the expiation was barely more than a fiction. In fact Christ’s humanity gave all it had to give, for a man has not more to give than his life. What divinity gave was [...]
The sacrifice of Christ was totally effective. It could not be otherwise, given that He Who offered it was God. But it is important to grasp what it effected. Whatever it was meant to effect, it did effect. But what was it? At the moment of His death on Calvary, Christ Our Lord said, “It [...]
If suffering seems to mock at life, death’s mockery of life is more blatant still. It is very curious that any man constructing either a way of life for himself or a larger system of life for society should ignore death altogether. Death, after all, is a fact. It was not invented by the Catholic [...]