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| CHRIST UNBORN - THE FIRST PRIEST  No sooner, in fact, "is the Word made flesh" (John, 1:14) than he shows Himself to the world vested with a priestly office, making to the Eternal Father an act of submission which will continue uninterruptedly as long as He lives: "When He cometh into the world he saith. . . 'behold I come . . . to do Thy Will. "(Heb. 10:5-7) This act He was to consummate admirably in the bloody Sacrifice of the Cross: "It is in this will we are sanctified by the oblation of the Body of Jesus Christ once." (Heb.10:10) Pope Pius XII, Mediator Dei #17 "Everyone is called to love God with their whole heart and soul and mind and strength and to love their neighbor out of love for God. But on the night, before he died, Jesus gave us two great gifts: the gift of himself in the Eucharist and the gift of the priesthood to continue his living presence in the Eucharist. Without priests, we have no Jesus. Without priests, we have no absolution. Without priests, we cannot receive Holy Communion. Just as God our Father prepared a worthy dwelling place for his Son in the immaculate womb of a virgin - so it is fitting that a priest prepares himself to take the place of Jesus, the Son of God, by freely choosing priestly celibacy. Marriage and procreation are miracles of God's love by which men and women become his co-workers, to bring new life into the world. But Jesus has clearly spoken to something even greater than that, when he said that in heaven people neither marry nor are given in marriage but live like the angels; and that there are some who have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God. Priestly celibacy is that gift which prepares for life in heaven. Jesus calls his priest to be his co-worker in the Church, to fill heaven with God's children." Visit the website: Unborn Word Alliance Visit the blog version of: Unborn Word of the day | |||
Friday, January 20, 2012
UNBORN WORD OF THE DAY: CHRIST UNBORN - THE FIRST PRIEST
