This podcast episode explores the Catholic understanding of Holy Orders, distinguishing between the common priesthood of all baptized believers and the ministerial priesthood of bishops and priests, emphasizing that the latter is a service ordained to build up the former and act in persona Christi Capitis (in the person of Christ the Head).
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hi my name is father Mike Schmitz and
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discovering our identity and God's
family as we journey together toward our
Heavenly home this is day 212. we are
reading paragraphs 1546 to 1553 as
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reading paragraphs
1546-1553 continuing talking about this
first of the sacraments of service and
we're going to highlight this holy
orders we're going to highlight the fact
that but not only like I said yesterday
there are two participations in the one
priesthood of Jesus right there's the
kingdom priesthood baptismal priesthood
the community of Believers there's also
this ministerial or hierarchical
priesthood of Bishops and Priests and so
we're going to talk about that
distinction but also there's a unique
claim that's made about the ministerial
priests and that they act in Persona
Christie capatis which is in the person
of Christ the head right so we're gonna
talk about but what it is for the priest
to be an icon of Christ in some ways
right what it is for the priest to be a
servant and that's the whole point the
the entire point of the priesthood is at
the service of the Kingdom priesthood
right so the whole meaning of the
impetus the the derive the goal of the
ministerial priesthood is to help the
baptismal priesthood the whole goal of
being a priest in the New Covenant is to
be at the service of the lay people of
the New Covenant or the kingdom priests
of the New Covenant and so yes they're
given an authority they they're given a
power but that power is meant to be
placed at the service of others and they
act then in the name of the whole church
and so we're going to talk about that
today so all of these things about the
priesthood that hopefully well I was
gonna say hopefully you didn't know
before only because it'd be new and fun
and exciting but maybe you do know
already in which case this is an
incredible opportunity to be reminded of
the role of priests and the way in which
they are called to serve and build up
the body of Christ and also the way in
which you and I as baptized people are
called to serve and build up the body of
Christ all the all that and more today
as we launch into today we call upon the
name of our God and Father
we call Upon Jesus Christ his son
we call upon the holy spirit that's been
poured out for us and the love of God as
we pray
Father in heaven
in the name of Jesus in the power of
your Holy Spirit
we present ourselves before you and we
ask that you please bless this time
bless this time that we just hear these
words of the catechism bless this time
that we come together in this virtual
and and and somewhat divided and strange
and new way but
bless this time
that we can actually be United as a church
church
that we can be United as followers of
your son Jesus
that we can be United by our common
priesthood priesthood all believers and
be United
by the ministerial priests who have
served us
Lord God
I pray that you please bless those
ministerial priests bless them in their
weakness bless them in their need for
you bless them in their need for
forgiveness and their need for
reconciliation bless them in their struggles
struggles bless
bless
every priest this day
make them holy
make them like you
in Jesus name we pray Amen in the name
of the father and of the son and of the
holy spirit amen as we said it is day
212 we're reading paragraphs 1546 to 1553.
1553.
two participations in the one priesthood
of Christ
high priest and unique mediator has made
of the church a kingdom priests for his
God and Father
the whole community of Believers is as
such Priestly the faithful exercise
their baptismal priesthood through their
participation each according to his own
vocation in Christ's Mission as priest
prophet and King through the sacraments
of baptism and Confirmation the faithful
are consecrated to be a holy priesthood
the ministerial or hierarchical
priesthood of Bishops and Priests and
the common priesthood of all the
faithful participate each in its own
proper way in the one priesthood of
Christ while being ordered one to
another they differ essentially in what sense
sense
while the common priesthood of the
Faithful Is exercised by the unfolding
of baptismal Grace a Life of faith hope
and charity a life according to the
spirit the ministerial priesthood is at
the service of the common priesthood
it is directed at the unfolding of the
baptismal Grace of all Christians
the ministerial priesthood is a means by
which Christ unceasingly builds up and
leads his church
for this reason it is transmitted by its
own Sacrament the sacrament of holy orders
orders
in the person of Christ the head
in the ecclesial service of the ordained
minister it is Christ himself who is
present to his church as head of his
body Shepherd of his flock high priest
of the Redemptive sacrifice teacher of Truth
Truth
this is what the church means by saying
that the priest by virtue of the
sacrament of holy orders acts in Persona
Christie capitis
as Pope Pius XII wrote
it is the same priest Christ Jesus whose
sacred person his Minister truly
represents now the minister by reason of
the Sacramento consecration which he has
received is truly made like to the high
priest and possesses the authority to
act in the power and place of the person
of Christ himself Christie
St Thomas Aquinas wrote Christ is the
source of all priesthood the priest of
the Old Law was a figure of Christ and
the priest of the new law acts in the
person of Christ
through the ordained Ministry especially
that of Bishops and Priests the presence
of Christ as head of the church is made
visible in the midst of the community of believers
