Pope John Paul's Holy Thursday letter presents problems.(Faith & Spirituality)

From: Catholic New Times | Date: July 4, 2004| Author: Demers, Simone | Copyright information

On the day when we remember the Body of Christ in our faith communities, it was with sadness that I read Pope John Paul's Holy Thursday Letter to Priests.

The letter begins auspiciously by describing the Chrism Mass as an "image of the Church as a priestly people made holy by the sacraments," called to witness to the Good News. John Paul waxes romantic as he envisions all the priests entering the Upper Room where the ordained clerics were "born as priests."

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