The Priesthood

8/6/2015

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The Roman Catholic Priesthood

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Beth Tatge

8/5/2015 05:01:35 pm

This is great and very relevant !!

Tes

8/6/2015 05:56:58 am

Excellent, thank you, Father. We need to be reminded of this all the time.

...the priest needs perennial renewal...

A quote from St. Gregory of Nazianzus, (CCC 1589)

We must begin by purifying ourselves before others; we must be instructed to be able to instruct, become light to illuminate, draw close to God to bring him close to others, be sanctified to sanctify, lead by the hand and counsel prudently. I know whose ministers we are, where we find ourselves and to where we strive. I know God’s greatness and man’s weakness, but also his potential. Who then is the priest? He is the defender of truth, who stands with angels, gives glory with archangels, causes sacrifices to rise to the altar on high, shares Christ’s priesthood, refashions creation, restores it in God’s image, recreates it for the world on high and, even greater, is divinized and divinizes.

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