"Sacrifice"

The old Jewish priests stood daily offering the same sacrifices that could never take away sins (Heb. 10:11), whereas Catholic priests stand daily offering the same sacrifices that can take away sins (Heb. 9:23), as now the Messiah has come.

— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) February 18, 2025

Another Western Definition of Worship

Stumbled across this definition of worship twice recently. Am told it’s quite well known? Very similar ground to @underhill_eve here who writes often on self-oblivion, the whole of our existence being offered, the soul of religion being adoration pic.twitter.com/QVByHupx1p

— Andy Coates (@Andy_Coates) December 30, 2022

Bulgakov and Sacrifice

God is Eucharistic Love: Bulgakov’s Transvaluation of Sacrifice https://t.co/EjDfBNNcCU

— Fr Aidan Kimel (@EOrthodoxy) January 18, 2022

Sacrifice and Substitution

Roberto Calasso’s Substitutionary Logic of Sacrifice
by Stephen Metzgerhttps://t.co/saQSwfNC3X

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) August 5, 2021

Does St. Anselm really hold to that sort of substitutionary theory of atonement? Or to an older Patristic one, in which Christ is the substitute for Adam after his failure?

The Syriac Tradition

Pope Francis Evoked a Lot of Responses to This

At Angelus, Pope Francis says: "It is curious that in the accounts of the multiplication of the loaves in the Gospels the verb 'multiply' never appears", adding "The real miracle is not multiplication that produces vanity and power, but the sharing, that increases love" pic.twitter.com/hOo2HziQsB

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) July 25, 2021

And a Latin understanding of sacrifice and spirituality...

Today’s Gospel records a small act of generosity. A boy gives his offerings: five loaves and two fish. The Lord blessed the food and miraculously it fed 5,000.

The Lord could’ve created a feast ex nihilo, but He accepts and transforms our meager gifts for His glorious purpose.

— Fr. Thomas Petri, OP (@PetriOP) July 25, 2021

Shalom World

Vulnerability?

Many misunderstand talk about #Jesus' "sacrifice on the cross." In order to forgive, #God has to be affected by sin in #vulnerability. #Forgiveness is therefore infinitely more valuable than a pardon, which God could have granted easily.https://t.co/qRarPwkBKN pic.twitter.com/Opaw8fiND6

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) July 20, 2021

The Latin Notion of Sacrifice

It's Christ himself working through the liturgy that lives in us in our daily lives to transform the world. Liturgy is the work of Christ done on behalf of the people, so too is the work which we do in the world the work of Christ done on behalf of othershttps://t.co/l8O7dnZ4B4

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) July 17, 2021

A Latin Mindset

From: The Futility of Diversity by Donald DeMarco

Just as God unified the cosmos, He can also unify the nations. But this will not take place until enough prayers are said and sufficient sacrifices are made.

"Offering"

After 19 years of experience I can tell you, offering Mass never gets old. pic.twitter.com/BlHL0uQ8FD

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) June 9, 2021

Reparation and Expiation

That sort of Latin spiritual theology is still around in certain circles.

Colloquio Telefonico con mons. Schneider. “Preghiera, Riparazione ed Espiazione”. https://t.co/ShSDhaNtgy

— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) June 6, 2021

Douglas Farrow on the Ascension

Here's a cool diagram from Douglas Farrow's book on the theology of the Ascension. pic.twitter.com/eyYM1J3Ah7

— Pater Edmund (@sancrucensis) May 13, 2021

Eastern Christian Books: Bulgakov on the Eucharistic Sacrifice

Eastern Christian Books: Bulgakov on the Eucharistic Sacrifice

University of Notre Dame Press

A Western View of Atonement

Michael Ramsey: "Christians' present access to the Father has been created by the Lord's sacrifice; it is only through facing the cross and its disclosure of the awful realities of sin and of God's forgiving love that men have free access to God in sonship,》 pic.twitter.com/MIj0L1marI

— Akenside Institute for English Spirituality (@EngSpirituality) April 29, 2021

"Aquinas and Sacrifice"

Fr. Allard’s recent lecture—“Aquinas and Sacrifice”—given to Dominican University College is now available on our podcast! Listen on Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts.

Spotify—https://t.co/okexzpjtUx
SoundCloud—https://t.co/iLvZZBdDdU
Apple Podcasts—https://t.co/5fvg82rEPq

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) April 28, 2021

Suffused with Latin Theology of the Presbyterate

As one would expect...

This Good Shepherd Sunday is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Beautiful prayer for the holiness of the clergy composed by Benedict XVI. Holy priests inspire priestly vocations! pic.twitter.com/lWb9MUBLot

— Father V (@father_rmv) April 25, 2021

Of Course a Latin View

CWR Dispatch: Full text: Pope Francis’ Easter Urbi et Orbi blessing 2021

“Dear brothers and sisters, once again this year, in various places many Christians have celebrated Easter under severe restrictions and, at times, without being able to attend liturgical celebrations. We pray that those restrictions, as well as all restrictions on freedom of worship and religion worldwide, may be lifted and everyone be allowed to pray and praise God freely.”

The crucified Jesus, none other, has risen from the dead. God the Father raised Jesus, his Son, because he fully accomplished his saving will. Jesus took upon himself our weakness, our infirmities, even our death. He endured our sufferings and bore the weight of our sins. Because of this, God the Father exalted him and now Jesus Christ lives forever; he is the Lord.

A Latin Perspective, Naturally

The emphasis on giving back to God...

The Eucharist is Jesus himself who gives himself entirely to us. Nourishing ourselves of Him and abiding in Him through Eucharistic Communion, if we do so with faith, transforms our life, transforms it into a gift to God and to our brothers and sisters. #HolyThursday

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 1, 2021

Eucharistia ipse Iesus est, qui ex integro nobis dono datur. Eo pasci et in Eo per eucharisticam Communionem commorari, si hoc cum fide facimus, vitam nostram innovat, in donum innovat Deo et fratribus. #FeriaVinCenaDomini

— Papa Franciscus (@Pontifex_ln) April 1, 2021

What Notion of Sacrifice?

“Christ is at once priest and sacrifice, God and temple. He is the priest through whom we have been reconciled, the sacrifice by which we have been reconciled, the temple in which we have been reconciled, the God with whom we have been reconciled.” -St. Fulgentius of Ruspe

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) March 26, 2021

Three TI Lectures Tonight

There will be three Thomistic Institute lectures this evening:

1. "The Compatibility of Neuroscience and the Soul" by Prof. James Madden of Benedictine College.

Auburn University, Biggin Hall, Room 5. This lecture will also be livestreamed over Zoom.https://t.co/r3gaEKuZBG

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) March 24, 2021

3. "Entering into Christ’s Passion: The Mass as a Sacrifice" by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. of the Dominican House of Studies.

9 PM EST | St. Thomas More University Parish and Student Center | 100 Stinson St, Norman, OK 73072https://t.co/JnRZkQkXbZ

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) March 24, 2021