In The Eucharist, Priest And People Together

Priesthood Is Forever And Does Not Cease When A Priest Cannot Carry Out That Priestly Ministry.

It Brings Spiritual Warfare And Suffering For The Priest As He Identifies With Those Who Suffer, And Shares The Frustrations, Anger, And Incomprehensibility Of That Suffering In What It Does To Those Who Suffer. The Priest Shares In These Struggles Of His Suffering People, The Uncertainties It Brings, The Sense Of Divine Abandonment It Induces, And The Loneliness Caused.

The Priest Is Christ's Slave, And Christ Himself Took The Form Of A Slave And Became Obedient To Death. So The Priest In Serving Human Needs Lives A Godward Life, Possessed By God And Witnessing That Only When Lives Are Utterly Possessed By God Do They Find Their True Freedom.

The Incarnation Is The Medicine Of The Soul, Undoing The Fall And Bringing Man To The Tree Of Life, And The Office Of A Priest Is To Administer This Medicine In The Sacraments.

Times Have Changed Since George Herbert... But The Principle And Spirit In Which He Ministered As A Priest Remains An Inspiration And Model For All Priests.