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Day 214: Priests and the Presbyterate — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) | The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) | YouTubeToText
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This content explains the role, dignity, and mission of priests within the Catholic Church, emphasizing their co-worker relationship with bishops and their participation in Christ's threefold office of teaching, sanctifying, and governing for the service of God's people.
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hi my name is father Mike Schmitz and
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Heavenly home this is day 214 we are
reading paragraphs
1562-1568 I am using as always the
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yesterday we talked about the Bishops
the episcopacy as it were today we're
talking about the presbyterit or the
presideracy the priesthood essentially
and tomorrow obviously you can see where
we're going with this deacons today we
recognize that here are the ordination
of priests co-workers of the Bishops and
so what is the role I can say it like
this what's the Dignity of the
priesthood meaning like what is its most
sacred character that's what we're
talking about here what's the most
sacred character the special character
of the priesthood and then in many ways
like how are priests expected in some
ways how are they expected to live and
we talked about this a couple days ago
that they're expected to exercise the
divinely given power
in a way that they imitate Jesus in everything
everything
how did Jesus live out this priesthood
how did Jesus live out this this
ministry in this Mission well you know
he obviously he spoke the truth he said
powerfully he powerfully taught
obviously he he bound up the sick and so
he healed he had this this mission of
sanctifying and making holy making whole
again he had a mission of of
establishing and leading people right
Jesus from the very beginning he called
people to himself and he led them so
like we said yesterday with the office
of Bishop this triple office right the
primary office I don't know if that's
going to catch on the triple office of
of the bishop which is to sanctify to
teach and to govern the priest also
participates in that so he remembered
Priests of the co-workers of the Bishops
and so they they form a special kind of
a unique kind of Brotherhood in the
church and yet what's that Brotherhood
for what is that Ministry for it is at
the service of the people of God that
teaching that sanctifying that governing
is always at the service of the people
of God for the glory of God the father
so as we're going to talk about that
today in paragraphs 1562-1568 let's
let's just call to mind not just called
to mind let's call Upon Our Father in
Heaven by praying in the name of Jesus
in the power of the Holy Spirit we pray
Father in heaven
thank you thank you for bringing us to
this day thank you for giving us the
gift of your grace thank you for
continuing to bind up the weak thank you
for continuing to heal our wounds thank
you for continuing to forgive our sins
Lord God thank you for continuing to
give us yourself in the Eucharist
pouring out your Holy Spirit Upon Us
whenever we pray whenever we ask you
father for your Holy Spirit you hear the
prayer of your children and you respond
with love because you are a good father
we ask you in this day when we talk
about priests we ask you to please help
these priests be good Fathers help these
priests be men after your own heart help
them to govern to teach to sanctify in
the way that you would
we ask you to please please bless our
local priests
make them holy
help them where they need help
strengthen them where they need
strengthening heal them where they need
healing forgive them of all their sins
and Lord God help them to be the kind of
man that we need help them to be the
priests that we need them to be
in Jesus name we pray Amen in the name
of the father and of the son and of the
holy spirit amen it is day 214 we are
the ordination of priests co-workers of
the Bishops
Christ whom the father hallowed and sent
into the world has through his Apostles
made their successors the Bishops namely
shares in his Consecration and Mission
and these in their turn duly entrusted
in varying degrees various members of
the church with the office of their Ministry
Ministry
the function of The Bishop's Ministry
was handed over in a subordinate degree
to priests so that they might be
appointed in the order of the priesthood
and be co-workers of the Episcopal order
for the proper fulfillment of the
apostolic mission that had been
entrusted to it by Christ
because it is joined with the Episcopal
order the office of priests shares and
the authority by which Christ himself
builds up and sanctifies and rules his
body hence the priesthood of priests
while presupposing the sacraments of
initiation is nevertheless conferred by
its own particular sacrament
through that Sacrament priests by the
anointing of the Holy Spirit are signed
with a special character and so are
configured to Christ the priest in such
a way that they are able to act in the
person of Christ the head
whilst not having the Supreme degree of
the pontifical office and
notwithstanding the fact that they
depend on the Bishops in the exercise of
their own proper power the priests are
for all that associated with them by
reason of their own sacredotal dignity
and in virtue of the sacrament of holy
orders after the image of Christ the
Supreme and eternal priest they are
consecrated in order to preach the
gospel and Shepherd the faithful as well
as to celebrate Divine worship as true
Priests of the New Testament
through the sacrament of holy orders
priests share in the Universal
dimensions of the mission that Christ
entrusted to the apostles the spiritual
gift they have received in our donation
prepares them not for a limited and
restricted Mission but for the fullest
in fact the universal mission of
Salvation to the end of the Earth
prepared in spirit to preach the gospel everywhere
everywhere
it is in the Eucharistic cult or in the
Eucharistic assembly of the faithful
synaxis that they exercise in a supreme
degree their sacred office there acting
in the person of Christ and proclaiming
his mystery they unite the votive
offerings of the faithful to the
sacrifice of Christ their head and in
the sacrifice of the mass they make
present again and apply until the coming
of the Lord the unique sacrifice of the
New Testament that namely of Christ
offering himself once for all a spotless
victim to the father
from this unique sacrifice their whole
Priestly Ministry draws its strength
the priests prudent Cooperators of the
Episcopal college and its support and
instrument called to the service of the
people of God constitute together with
their Bishop a unique sacredotal College
Presbyterian dedicated it is true to a
variety of distinct duties in each local
assembly of the faithful they represent
in a certain sense the bishop with whom
they are associated in all trust and generosity
generosity
in part they take upon themselves his
duties and solicitude and in their daily
toils discharge them
priests can exercise their Ministry only
Independence on the bishop and in
communion with him the promise of
obedience they make to the bishop at the
moment of ordination and the kiss of
peace from him at the end of the
ordination liturgy mean that the bishop
considers them his co-workers his sons
his brothers and his friends
and that they in return owe him love and obedience
obedience
all priests who are constituted in the
order of priesthood by the sacrament of
order are bound together by an intimate
sacramental Brotherhood but in a special
way they form one Priestly body in the
diocese to which they are attached under
their own Bishop
the unity of the Presbyterian finds
liturgical expression in the custom of
the presbyter's imposing hands after the
bishop during The Rite of ordination
all right there we are paragraphs
1562-1568 now there's a lot of big words
I get it there's a lot of things that if
you've never been to an ordination you
might be thinking uh sorry what what is
happening here I get it let's go back to
the very beginning I think this is so
beautiful so powerful even if I wasn't a
priest I'd be I'd be doing backflips
over this because this is the love of
God the Father this is love of God the
son this is the love of God poured out
to us that's what priests are supposed
to be that's what the bishop is supposed
to be it's the love of God poured out
for us so what why because Jesus wants
us he wants all of us to be holy Jesus
wants all of us to come into contact
with him and with the father he wants
all of us to be filled with the Holy
Spirit therefore here is Jesus whom the
father hallowed and sent into the world
he has through his Apostles made their
successes The Bishop's namely shares in
his Consecration and Mission and so here
are the bishops priests who are sent out
into the world to extend and continue
the mission of Jesus the ministry of
Jesus who wants all human beings to know
God the Father
wants all human beings to come into
contact with the father to have a
relationship with the father and I think
this is just so so powerful so moving on
WE recognize yes Bishops are the ones
who share in the fullness of holy orders
they share in the fullness of Christ's
High priesthood
also though the priests nevertheless
they share their own particular
Sacrament right through the sacrament
that sacrament of holy orders priests by
the anointing of the Holy Spirit they're
signed with a special character and
configured to Christ the priests in such
a way that they also like we said
yesterday with the bishop are able to
act in the person of Christ the head
remember in Persona Christie capitis
that's that's that term now they don't
have the Supreme decree like the Bishops
are the ones who share in that fullness
of the priesthood of Jesus Christ
nevertheless they are given their own
special what they call sacredotal
dignity so if you know Spanish you know
that sacredote is Spanish for priest and
so you'd be like oh yeah Sacramento
makes sense priest got it but if you
don't know Spanish then you might say
sacramental dignity that doesn't make
any sense well it refers to Priestly dignity
dignity
what does that mean well talks about in
paragraph 1564 that in virtue of that
sacrament of holy orders
the priests are consecrated in order to
do what to preach the gospel to Shepherd
the faithful as well as to celebrate the
Divine worship as true Priests of the
New Testament
let's go back to this they're
consecrated to preach the gospel oh that
sounds like teaching to Shepherd the
faithful oh that sounds like governing
as well as to celebrate Divine worship
as true priests in the New Testament
that sounds like sanctifying yes you
would be right priest prophet and King
that role that we recognize all
Christians have by the virtue of their
baptism and that the Bishops have by
virtue of their ordination to the
episcopacy priests also participate and
share in the same role a priest prophet
and king of sanctifying of preaching and
of governing of leading and so in that
leading remember keep in mind the
leading is the lens of service always
the leading is through the lens of
service now paragraphs 1565 and 1566
highlight a couple things first thing in
paragraph 1565.
that priests are called to preach just
like Saint Paul says in season and out
of season
so they have this this mission that goes
on to say it's not a limited and
restricted Mission it's meant to this
ordination prepares them it's meant to
prepare them for the fullest in fact
Universal mission of Salvation to the
ends of the Earth prepared in the spirit
to preach the gospel everywhere
and so this is something that that every
priest needs to be reminded of that that
his mission that's been entrusted to him
is to be lived out to be carried out in
season and out of season needs to be
carried out with his whole life
and not to be limited to just one area
of his life but his whole life must be
must be configured and must be conformed
to Jesus Christ the high priest and it
says of course the call for every
Christian right all of us are called to
conform Our Lives to Christ but there's
this again this unique way that we have
to live out that mission with every
breath we have to live out that mission
every moment now I'm saying that as a
priest and I'm saying that as someone
who doesn't do it I mean I want to I
recognize this is the high call one of
the high calls that that I failed to
live up to but I want to because I hear
it here and I hear the voice of Jesus in
the scriptures and and speaking to us
through the church saying like that's
the call so say yes to this so here I am
saying okay guys let's do this knowing
that I need to do it myself paragraph
1566 also highlights the fact that here
is remember the office of sanctifying
it's in the Eucharist that the priests
exercise in a supreme degree their
sacred office
so what are they doing they're acting in
the person of Christ and proclaiming his
mystery they're uniting the offerings of
the faithful to the sacrifice of Christ
their head
and in the sacrifice of the mass they
make present again and apply until the
coming of the Lord the unique sacrifice
of the New Testament Jesus himself
offering himself once for all as that
spotless victim to the father and that
is so powerful this is this is this ah man
man
the great Mission basically what it is
what's what's happening at every Mass
when you show up for mass and
participate you're offering you're
offering yourself remember because you
participated in the priesthood of Jesus
as well the baptismal priesthood Kingdom
priesthood so the ministerial priest
he's acting he's uniting your offering
of the faithful to the sacrifice of
Jesus himself
and once again how Jesus sacrifice his
body and blood soul Divinity that action
of his offering himself is once again
presented and offered to the father
he's offering not only Jesus he's
offering himself and he's offering you
to the father and the power of the Holy Spirit
Spirit
with Jesus Christ the great sacrifice
right and once for all oh my gosh it's
so so incredible and here's how
important this has to be here's how
essential this has to be in a priest's
life it says that last sentence from
this unique sacrifice their whole
Priestly Ministry draws its strength
basically from offering Mass on a daily basis
basis
their whole Priestly Ministry draws its strength
strength
what's at the heart of the priesthood
was at the heart of the priesthood is
the Priestly Heart of Jesus
whoever's himself to the father and the
power of the Holy Spirit who brings his people
people
and includes them in this sacrifice in
this offering
so incredible
now as we know the priest doesn't do
this on his own that he does this in
Union with his Bishop he does this
Independence not Independence but
depending on his bishop and in communion
with his Bishop and and I don't know if
you've ever been again to as I mentioned
earlier to an ordination Priestly
ordination there is this promise
actually even at the diaconate
ordination the promise of obedience they
make to the bishop the moment of
ordination there is this moment where
you know you place your hands together
like you're praying and then
the bishop takes your hands in his and
he says do you promise obedience to me
and my successors and I do is the answer
to that compassion of that question the
promise of obedience and at the end
there's this you know sign of Peace as
it embraced typically this is so
powerful I love this at the last
sentence in paragraph 1567. he says that
promised obedience and the sign of Peace
he says kiss a piece but it was an
embrace it was there was no kissing the
sign of peace from him at the end of the
ordination liturgy what does it mean it
means that the bishop considers him and
considers them his co-workers his sons
his brothers and his friends
and that they in return owe him love and obedience
obedience
that that what is being said here in the
catechism is that yep there's a
hierarchy here but it's not meant to be
a business it's not yet there's a
structure here but it's not meant to be
some sterile antiseptic kind of a
situation this is this is a family this
is the family of God
and so the bishop yep considers his
priests his co-workers their co-workers
in the vineyard also his sons because
he's a spiritual father to them also his
brothers because we again we share in
this Priestly Ministry and his friends
you know what did Jesus say Jesus who's
so high above all the rest of us I mean
infinitely high above us Jesus Is God
himself speaking to human beings and he
says I no longer call you slaves because
a slave does not know what his master is
about I've called you friends
called you friends
and the bishop is to consider his
priests his friends
in that in that way that Jesus
considered his disciples his friends
into something so powerful and then in
return we owe him love and obedience
is remarkable now there's also a
Brotherhood in the priesthood and that
sometimes manifests itself in in really
really great ways and sometimes just
manifests itself in really thin ways
there are some dioceses that have such a
massive and Powerful fraternity this
collection of brothers are Bound By An
Intimate sacramental Brotherhood but
also they have a uniquely even personal
Brotherhood sometimes he's again as I
said are just thinner they're not it's
not like the Brotherhood doesn't exist but
but
because it's always it's Unique it's a
mysterious it's a sacramental
Brotherhood but sometimes there's not
that emotional Brotherhood and so
there's some priests who are out there
who you know they might find themselves
alone they might find themselves out in
the field and and without without Brothers
Brothers
I mean they have them but they might not
you know be able to be in relationship
with those Brothers being Brotherhood
with those brothers so we pray for those
those priests especially we pray for
those who you know it says from the
Eucharist that's the sacrifice of the
mass their whole Priestly Ministry draws
its strength pray for those those
priests who have have lost their fire
lost their love for Jesus and the
Eucharist those who have lost their love
for our lady
those who have lost their love for God's
people we pray for them right now
because that's not what God wants for
any of them that's not what God wants
for any of us
and yet we're one family where one body
and we all have different parts we have
different we're different members of
this body but we need each other and so
let's let's yeah pray to God for those
great priests who've had in your life
pray to God that they continue to be
great priesthood those who have started
will end well
we also pray for those who have started
poorly or have lived poorly we pray for them
them
to be strengthened with faith hope and
love we pray for them to be renewed we
pray for them be brought back to the
heart of the father they may fall in
love with God once again in love with
the Eucharist in love with the people of
God in love with the sacrament of confession
confession
and that they walk in the fear of the
Lord every day of their life
let's pray for those priests
I'm praying for you
and please pray for me my name is father
Mike I cannot wait to see you tomorrow
God bless [Music]
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