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Father Scott Detisch

PRIESTS CHRISM MASS VATICAN

Renewing Priestly Vows

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“Nothing in all of creation is so like God as stillness.” — Meister Eckhart The ritual of ordination for a priest (as well as a deacon) begins with Election of the Candidates. The deacon calls the candidate forward by name to which the candidate responds, “Present.” He then goes before the bishop and makes a Read More

From Burial to Breakfast

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Shakespeare was wrong! In “Julius Caesar,” the doomed Roman leader claims that “a coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death just once.” From the perspective of the Paschal Mystery, the opposite is actually true; and for good and holy priests, there will be many deaths. If we allow Read More