Priesthood Is Not A Convenient, Historically Conditioned

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

Priesthood Is Not A Convenient, Historically Conditioned Form Of Church Organisation, But Is Rooted In The Incarnation, In The Priesthood And Mission Of Christ Himself.

In The Eucharist, Priest And People Together Come To Concelebrate. Here The Ladder Jacob Saw Only As A Dream Becomes For Us A Reality, The Medicine That Cures Our Souls.

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.

There Is A Kind Of Thinking In The Church That Wants To Reduce The Priest To A Mere Functionary, A Managing Director, Where Administration Rather Than Doctrine And Worship Are To Determine The Form Of The Church.