When the priest speaks, the whole, infinite holiness of God comes through. This might is given to the priest when he gives the sacraments. By His might He makes what He says a reality. In Genesis, how did God create? By speaking.
The only one who has the might in His words and to produce what He says is God. These words do not belong to the man they belong to Jesus. At Mass, the priest opens his mouth and says, ‘This is My body,’ and it is Jesus speaking. For our Lord Jesus Christ, His species is the priest, though the man that is the priest is still present. He multiplies Himself through the real presence. And in each host, He is completely, fully there. There is only one Jesus, one Body, one Soul. In the Holy Eucharist, our Lord gave a means to multiply Himself. Priests and deacons are just his instruments. Not one grace can happen without the immediate intervention of Our Lord. It is one body incorporated into Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is true that a lot of prelates and cardinals have not been faithful. I say to the deacons, this word belongs to God and to the Church. The Apostles were shaken by this, but our Lord said ‘Do not fear! I will give you the Holy Ghost.’ The Church has always been in this spiritual fight against the devil and all those who spread errors. Peter that he is to testify that Our Lord is Almighty God – he is to give witness. The fight is above human strength, but Our Lord gives the Holy Ghost to men so they can fight. This is a fight to the death against the devil and all those who follow him. Holy Mother Church strengthens the ones who give us this Word. He makes it hard to spread the Gospel through fear of the might of the world.
We might not understand the importance of communicating the Gospel, but the devil does. Each time the priest reads the Gospel at Mass, he kisses it. He receives the Gospel in the ordination ceremony. This Word has been entrusted to the Deacon. “God is talking to us creatures,” His Excellency continued. God is their end and their fulfillment, His Ten Commandments, and His only begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. They are to remind creatures of God and God’s interests these things are always to come first. God has chosen these men to be his mouthpiece to the world. He is a prophet because it is his role to speak in the name of someone else.
The sacrament of ordination goes deep into his soul, so deep that it cannot be erased – not by age, or death, or sin. It is like this with the man who is made a priest, but it also changes his character. Philosophically we say that when an accident is added it modifies their substance. What they receive today will help them, and it also changes them. They are human beings, with a body and soul, with virtues and defects. At his ordination, the priest receives something real in his soul. Who are they, these men? Holy Scripture says that a priest is a Man of God.
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Listen to the full sermon > The Man of Godįor the first time, these grounds see the tremendous happiness from Almighty God and Holy Mother Church for this harvest of deacons and priests. Sermon of the Ordinationsīishop Fellay gave a sermon about the nature of the priesthood which is paraphrased here.
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