Priesthood

The Catholic Church exists only where there are priests whose priesthood goes back to Christ’s words to His Apostles at the Last Supper, “Do this in commemoration of Me.”

Retreat on the Priesthood – Christ the High Priest on Earth

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. As we begin our meditation on the priesthood of Christ, we should immediately distinguish the two stages of its existence: namely, His life on earth and His life in heaven. We carefully note that while the Son of God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, had no beginning […]

Retreat on the Priesthood – Christ the High Priest in Heaven

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We have already seen at some length something of Christ’s priesthood on earth. We saw that His priesthood was terrestrial or earthly; it was temporal: it ended with Christ’s death on the cross; and it was mortal: experienced by Christ and practiced by Him in His mortal human nature. […]

Retreat on the Priesthood – Celibacy in the Catholic Priesthood

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Some people may be surprised at the pressure and propaganda that have arisen in our day against the celibacy of priests in the Catholic Church. But it should not be surprising, as the history of the Church from the beginning amply testifies. It was, in fact, the unwillingness of […]

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