Essay: Power of the dying hierarchy is an illusion

Essay: Power of the dying hierarchy is an illusion

NCR

By Joe Orso

The Eucharist will live only if we find a way for it to live outside the Mass. I heard this from a Catholic sister last year, who was quoting a lay parish worker. Another sister told me this about a decade ago: The hierarchy is like a dying dragon, breathing fire on those around it as it flails through its final collapse. But don’t worry, she said, it is dying and someday something else will resurrect.