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“ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”

“ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”

HOLY ORDER AS A SACRAMENT:Efficacious sign-Matter: Laying on of the handsForm: "We ask you, allpowerful Father, give these servents of yours the dignity of the presbyterate. Renew the Spirit of holiness within them.By your divine gift may they attain the second order in hierchy and exemplify right conduct in their lives,“Minister: BishopInstituted by Christ- it was instituted in the last supper. He gave His apostles and their successors the power to say the mass.

“ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”

It gives Divine Life-

It configures the ordained to Christ by a special grace of the Holy Spirit, in view of serving as an instrument of Christ for his Church

The Priesthood of the Faithful

Will you answer ?

Each of us has a calling or vocation. Each of us is called by God to share His wonderful life. To say “yes” to entails both responsibilities and privileges.

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How do we share priesthood of Christ?All the baptized,

empowered by the graces received in Baptism and Confirmation share in the priesthood of Christ throughCONSECRATION

MEDITATION

And

SACRIFICE

To concentrate means “to make holy or sacred”. If we live holy lives, then we actively share priesthood of Christ.

To be a meditator means to help bring about a desired result (bridge, a way)

All of us have a cross to bear all; all of experience pain and suffering. But it leads contrary to pin our hope and trust to Him.

The unique high priest, according to the order of Melchizedek. Christ fulfilled

everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured. He offered himself once and for all (Heb 10:14), in a perfect

sacrifice upon the cross.

FOUR DIMENSIONS OF THE PRIEST

PRIEST AS DISCIPLE:called to follow Jesus in total commitment, undeterred even by family ties, life itself, hardship, or death, and with no looking back to what was left behind.PRIEST AS APOSTLE:sent to serve in the mission of Jesus and of the Church.PRIEST AS PRESBYTER:an elder one responsible to the pastoral care of the Church members.PRIEST AS PRESIDER OF THE EUCHARIST:as he offers the holy sacrifice of the Mass in persona Christi

THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE SACRAMENT

Bishopsis conferred with the fullness of the

sacrament of Holy Orders. Bishops undertake Christ’s own role as a teacher, shepherd and high priest and act as His person.

RING- the sign of his fidelity to Church

CROIZER- the staff of office, shaped like a shepherd’s crook.

MITER- the tall pointed hat that is the bishop’s traditional vestment

THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE SACRAMENT

Prieststhey are to preach the Gospel, to

shepherd the faithful and to celebrate divine worship as true priests of the New Testament.

CHALICE AND PATEN- Sacred vessels used for the Eucharist.

STOLE and CHASUBLE- The liturgical vestments of the priest. {

THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE SACRAMENT

Deaconsassists the priests and the bishops. They

serve the people of God in the service of the liturgy, of the Gospel and of the works of charity.

BOOK OF GOSPELS- as a sign of the ministry of preaching the Word.

STOLE- and the dalmatic, the liturgical vestments of a deacon.

REMEMBER

!

The Sacrament of Holy Orders is the sacrament through

which the mission entrusted by Christ to His apostles

continuous to be exercised in the Church until the end of

time.

To say “yes” is not the end. It is just a beginning to make

amend.Have trust on Him as He trusts us.

Believe that when you consecrate,

meditate and sacrifice..God never ceases to give in

return, to bless us.

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3 Evangelical CounselsTo be effective servant- leaders are called to develop a spiritually founded on the three evangelical counsels:

Obedience

Celibacy

And

Poverty

This requires dying to oneself, giving up what the priest wants so that he could focus all his attention to serving others. To submit their will to God for the sake of the

Gospel. (Not my will but your will be done)

Is a gift from the Lord for the sake of the community. As a gift, it must be nourished and taken care of

through constant prayer and the Eucharist. It is when a priest makes the vow of celibacy, he promises that he

will give hid undivided attention and total commitment to his task as a servant.

Is a calling to all priests to pattern their lives after Christ who was born poor, lived

poor and died poor. (Humbleness)

The three evangelical counsels or counsels of perfection in Christianity are chastity, poverty, and obedience. As Jesus of Nazareth stated in the Canonical gospels, they are counsels for

those who desire to become "perfect".

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“Christ is the only true priest and mediator, the others are His

ministers”