“When the priest is ordained he is told: ‘imitate what you handle.’ The reference, of course, is to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Jesus Christ is THE Priest. Priests simply participate in his priesthood. What would we get if we consider the priesthood starting with Jesus Christ and dropping the cultural baggage?
“In a culture obsessed with leisure you will notice that Jesus never took time off to go fishing or meet with the guys over some wine. This was because Jesus is Priest. It was not a job like the men at the Temple had. He simply is priest as the total description of his existence. The ongoing inner sacrifice of the spirit and the external sacrifice of the Mass and of one’s own life happen continually and not on a schedule.”
In a recent commentary, Father Bevil Bramwell, OMI, reflected on the importance of priests living the life of Christ as closely as possible.
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