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8/2/2019 Homily 10-30-2011 Priest Mass New Missal
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Essence of Ministerial Priesthood = offering sacrifice in prayer “to give glory to [God's] name”
Priestly scandal because some priests failed to do this to a cataclysmic degreeThe same weakness is noted in the Gospel today, where the leaders of the Jews were not good models
Call to conversion for all priests to continue to purify themselves
We are all priests (Two participations in the one priesthood of Christ)
CCC 1546 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."
CCC 1547 The ministerial or hierarchical priesthood of bishops and priests, and the common priesthood of all thefaithful participate, "each in its own proper way, in the one priesthood of Christ." While being "ordered one to
another," they differ essentially. 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 atthe 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.
Priest – consecrate things to God in prayer. You are called to consecrate the particular circumstances of your life
to God, to “offer up” all things: prayers, good works, joys, sufferings, trials, blessings. All is to be given to Godthrough your baptismal sharing in the priesthood of Jesus Christ. This is done especially at the Mass.
General Instruction for the Roman Missal, after describing the ministerial priest, affirms the dignity and role of the
common priesthood of the faithful at Mass (#5) : ...the celebration of the Eucharist is the action of the whole
Church, and in it each one should carry out solely but totally that which pertains to him, in virtue of the place of each within the People of God. ... For this people is the People of God, purchased by Christ's Blood, gathered
together by the Lord, nourished by his word, the people called to present to God the prayers of the entire human
family, a people that gives thanks in Christ for the mystery of salvation by offering his Sacrifice, a people, finally,that is brought together in unity by Communion in the Body and Blood of Christ. This people, though holy in its
origin, nevertheless grows constantly in holiness by conscious, active, and fruitful participation in the mystery of
the Eucharist.A note on the words conscious, active, and fruitful, lest the true reality get lost in these words. The Mass is
efficacious not by what we do, but by what God has done in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, and by what he
continues to do by making that mystery present to us in the great sacrament of the Eucharist. Our participation,
our sharing, in the Mass is different depending on the roles we have – I, the minister, participate differently thanyou all do, and have to enter into the prayer from a different perspective. Conscious and active participation is
much more an interior action of the heart and soul than it is anything of the mind and body – though these parts of
the human person certainly play a serious part in the liturgy. What we are all called to do at Mass is pray, to adoreGod and glorify him – this is what makes the Mass fruitful. This is true participation.
Conscious, active, and fruitful participation in the Mass will make us all grow constantly in holiness. In light of
this reality, I can truly say thanks be to God for this new translation of the Mass, which will help us all to enter into the mystery that we celebrate, to pray more deeply, to turn our hearts to always “give glory to God,” and offer
“spiritual sacrifices” as we are called to do. If we approach this new Mass translation humbly, as servants after
the heart of Christ who came to serve, we will find ourselves entering even more deeply into the greatest prayer ofthe Church, and the greatest mystery of our liturgical life, the Eucharist, the great “Thanksgiving” to God for our
salvation.