Today's word(s)

assize - 1a. a judicial inquest. b. an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury.
2a. the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases —usually used in plural.  b. the time or place of holding such a court, the court itself, or a session of it —usually used in plural

great assize - last judgment

It was clear from the context what Fr. Neuhaus meant by the latter phrase, but I wanted to look it up anyway.