The priest is ordained to act in the place of Christ.
Posted on 01/12/2014 2:47:06 AM PST by markomalley
If the Pope objects to "smarmy," "unctuous" priests, why has he recently placed greater trust in Cardinal Donald Wuerl? I guess he doesn't object to smarmy, unctuous Cardinals.
Christ (krst)
n.
1. Christianity Jesus.
2. The Messiah, as foretold by the prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures. Often used with the.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English Crist, from Old English Crst, from Latin Chrstus, from Greek Khrstos, from khrstos, anointed, verbal adj. of khrein, to anoint; see ghri- in Indo-European roots.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blasphemy
God Bless and pray for this wonderful Pope! I know the haters want him gone.
No.
God Bless Pope Francis!
a priest is Christ ?
Do not be silly. No.
“Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;
this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum
Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”
Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you?
What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
But there are some of you who do not believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would betray him.
And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father.”
As a result of this, many (of) his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him
Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”
Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?”
He was referring to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot; it was he who would betray him, one of the Twelve.” [John 6: 49-71]
The priest is another Christ (serving within and through the power and authority of Christ Himself).
http://www.fatherbenedict.com/priest-another-christ-p-87.html
http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-04-047-b
http://www.philstar.com/freeman-opinion/2013/04/29/936252/another-christ-christ-himself
http://www.dailycatholic.org/2004alt.htm
Thank-you for your help. I was a bit cautous, did not want to deal with another misinterpiting. God Bless.
These are good lessons he is reminding us.
It seems he is slowly moving the church away from the “worldly” things. I wonder how he is going to reform the church bank.
The priest is ordained to act in the place of Christ.
Vlad says the priest is ANOTHER Christ
And you thank vlad for clarification.
oooo kay ... got it
Hey I made an honest mistake and needed help. No one is perfect.
Thank-you also for the teaching lesson!
**“We priests have so many limits. We are sinners, all. But if we go to Jesus Christ, if we seek the Lord in prayer – prayer of intercession, prayer of adoration – we are good priests, even though we are sinners.**
I wish people understood this.
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