angelic?Well, as posted above, depends on which ones. However, in Eastern Catholic Churches it is customary for Priest to abstain from sexual relations for at least a day before celebrating Liturgy. I am not sure if it is indeed required with Roman Catholic Priests who are married (converts from Anglicanism for example).
That can happen to Celibate Priest too. He can simply be with his parents who annoy him, or his siblings or his nieces and nephews. They usually get rid of those things in penitential Rite of the Mass. If it is a mortal Sin, Priest should not celebrate Mass. I heard from one Priest that when he got into this situation he would celebrate Mass with mortal sin for sake of people (therefore incurring another sin) and then go to confession ASAP. Not sure if that’s ideal though. Ideally Priest should not celebrate Mass and find someone who will be able to provide him quick Confession or find replacement for himself.
Or his parishioners
When it happens, I simply try to ask for forgiveness to the person and to God before leaving for the service. I remind myself of how Jesus tells us to reconcile with our brother before bringing our offerings before God. If there is no time (if, for example, something happens right before the service begins), I make a mental act of contrition for it during the penitential rite.
We’ve been over this before on the forum. Abstinence from spousal relations for some time prior to saying Mass is not required for married Roman Catholic priests.
This is pretty much what all Catholics, priests or not, are expected to do as well.
Right… to be honest I did not quite remember if there was conclusion or not. I’ll try to keep it in mind. Logically abstaining before every Liturgy is almost impossible, but practicing continence before Sunday or so would be somewhat different.Then again, that is not official requirement of Roman Catholic Church. Thank you for correction.
Since marriage is a state of life ordained of God, there really isn’t anything to be purified of (beyond sins common to all people, married or celibate). Physical intimacy between a husband and wife is not sinful.
Yes, and Old Testament priests and Levites had to abstain from sex as well during times of service in the temple. That has to do with ritual purity, and Christians are not morally bound by concerns over ritual purity. If a married priest is troubled by it, then he shouldn’t violate his conscience. However, he isn’t doing anything objectively wrong. That’s the way I see it.
Yes, to highlight the Pharisees’ legalism over Sabbath observance.
The OT considered a lot of other things impure as well - menstruating women, corpses, lepers and the like. Jesus explicitly broke many of these taboos in having physical contact with them. In doing so, He taught us that they no longer apply.
And indeed in the Lenten and Paschal Services for the entire period of the Great Fast and then Holy Week… And this includes harboring bad thoughts about anyone, including family members who grieve him for whatever reasons… Indeed, with all the restrictions on Priestly marital relations, given all the Fasts of the Church - eg Every Wed and Friday minus two weeks = 100 days, plus the three 40 day Fasts = 120 days, plus he variable Apostle’s Fast, say 20 days (average?), plus the day prior, another 50 days, it is a wonder that Priests have any children whatsoever! That is 290 days out of 365… And most of that applies to the laity as well…
I did not know that Eastern Rite Priests are required to do the daily mass?
Indeed so as well in the EOC, both laity and clergy…
I said “Roman Catholic Priests” which means Latin Rite, not Eastern Rite. We do not typically use the words “Roman Catholic” or “RC” to designate Eastern Catholics. We know they are in communion with Rome but they aren’t called RCs. Also, the person who asked the question to which I responded was specifically asking about Latin Rite, or so I understood.