Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time 2022
“Were the Redeemer to descend into a church, and sit in a confessional to administer the sacrament of penance, and a priest to sit in another confessional, Jesus would say over each penitent, ‘Ego te absolvo,’ the priest would likewise say over each of his penitents, ‘Ego te absolvo,’ and the penitents of each would be equally absolved.”
(Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest; Selva p.28)