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The CurrentMar 14 - 20, 2021
In This Week's Current: Working in the Spirit | Newman Lecture | Laetare Sunday -
Working in the Holy Spirit
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Prior Michael Brunner offered the following reflection as part of a Lenten series presented by the Portsmouth Institute. Jesus' entry into the temple, and his sharp criticism of corrupt temple practices, provokes us to reconsider social injustice, the plight of the poor, and the call of the Holy Spirit to work to renew the face of the earth.
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Eamonn Duffy to Give Newman Lecture
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On Friday, March 19, 2021, this year’s annual Newman Lecture, will feature Professor Eamon Duffy of Cambridge University, renowned author of The Stripping of the Altars and other monographs as well as, most recently, John Henry Newman: A Very Brief History. Professor Duffy, professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, considers the fundamental consistencies underlying the apparent contradictions in Newman’s developing understanding of the relation between revealed truth and intellectual freedom.
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Laetare Sunday
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“Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in her joy, all you who mourn over her” (Isaiah 66:10) Thus the verse from Isaiah that opens Mass for this Fourth Sunday of Lent. “Rejoice” - “Laetare” in Latin. This Sunday is the most extraordinary day in Lent.
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Walking the Walk
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This Week in Heaven
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Portsmouth Ordo, March 14-20
Sunday, March 14: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Monday, March 15: Lenten weekday
Tuesday, March 16: Lenten Weekday
Wednesday, March 17: Saint Patrick, bishop
Thursday, March 18: Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor
Friday, March 19: Solemnity of Saint Joseph
Saturday, March 20: Lenten weekday
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