The Sacrament of Penance: a Sign Working Grace | Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This lecture was given on February 17th, 2024, at the Dominican House of Studies.

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About the Speaker:

Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (Thomistic Institute) is originally from Ohio, received his master's in architecture from Virginia Tech, and after working for a religious architecture firm, he entered the Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph in 2013. He was ordained a priest in 2020 at the Dominican House of Studies during the height of the pandemic. He previously served as associate pastor of St. Pius V Catholic Church in Providence Rhode Island and instructor at Providence College. Additionally, he served as an Assistant Chaplain for Campus Ministry and Chaplain for the Men's Lacrosse team. He currently serves the Thomistic Institute as the Coordinator for Campus Outreach, organizing retreats and leading Summa seminars with students across the country. You can find his writing in Sacred Architecture Journal, Word on Fire, and The Catholic Exchange.

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0:56.3	So the title of this talk, and the last one for the retreat, is the sacrament of
1:02.7	penance sign working grace, sort of playing off talk one, which was about the exterior signs
1:09.6	of penance, which are meant to be expressive of an interior reality, the virtue of penance.
1:14.2	Now we're going to talk about the sacrament, which is a sign that affects an interior reality.
1:21.4	So does everyone have the handout?
1:24.6	I said, okay? So tried to formulate this talk, or structure the talk, I should say, around
1:32.0	relevant questions. There's a great preacher in our province that said, the definition of
1:38.0	boring is answering a question that no one asked. So I'm going to do my best to answer questions that you in fact have
1:46.5	with regard to this sacrament, this sacrament of repentance or penance. So let's begin.
1:55.8	Reading from the gospel of John. On the evening of that first day of the week when the doors were
2:03.6	locked, or the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said
2:10.6	to them, Peace be with you. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
2:20.6	The disciples rejoice, when I saw the Lord.
2:24.7	Jesus said to them again, peace be with you.
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