I'm a priest. You're a priest?

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My sister in law posted this just now on facebook and I don’t really understand what she is saying. She is an ex catholic who has joined this church and she’s always going off about how she’s a priest and she carries blessed oils with her and she blessed one of our. ewphews with her oils in the middle of the living room one day (with the consent of the child’s mother) and my husband told her straight up. " You will never touch our child or put any oils or anything on our children, do you understand me?" Anyways drama ensued, but it’s died down, but long story short my husband thinks her non denominational church is a crazy. I don’t know what to think because she quotes lots of scripture.
 
The note says that the person can become wealthy if they so chose, at least that what it is implying. It is also indicating power. It sounds to me a little health and wealth gospel. And whenever someone starts pushing the idea of being powerful thru the gospel, it sounds like taking power for their own purpose and not for what the Lord really wants power used for.

If it were me, I would graciously decline with a thank you and maybe some other time.

In addition she should become close to the sacraments before she begins to go out to others.

May God bless and keep you. May God’s face shine on you. May God be kind to you and give you peace.
 
Well she is right we are all priest. This is why we can baptize people but we aren’t the priest that Christ has called out
 
So it’s ok for her to go around annointing people with her oils?
 
Presumably, she thinks she is a ministerial/ordained priest?—which is distinct from the priesthood of all believers (aka the “royal” priesthood). If she is masquerading as an ordained priest, then she is preaching scandalous falsehood by her behavior. If she is anointing her own child with holy oil as a blessing as a layperson, I don’t believe (someone correct me if I’m wrong) there is a problem with that.
 
HoneyBea said:
So it’s ok for her to go around annointing people with her oils?
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My personal opinion is no. Seems like she is really being mislead either by others, or by her own interpretation of scripture. To allow her to do this is giving consent that she is right, and I think that’s a big mistake for everyone involved. Again that’s just my opinion.

There is really a misinterpretation in the image you posted. Calling herself a priest king is just wrong. The only priest king is Jesus. People can not just be a “priest” just because they want to be one. In the old testament, Israel was a priestly nation, but not everyone is an actual priest. The same is true in the new testament.
 
We are all called to sactity in the new covenant but not all of us are “annointed” to minister onto others, that is what the Bishops are called for.

They received their authority from Jesus through the lineage going back directly to one or more of the 12 Apostles of Jesus.

They lay they hands on the head of the Priests which is the 2nd order in the consacrated life. The first being that of the Deacon.

Only the Bishop can annoint with the oil for Chrismation for example, unless expressly permitted to a priest to do it in his place.

Priests can annoint the sick and dying with the oil of the extreme unction.

Deacons can baptize and witness matrimony

Lay persons can baptize in an emergency situation only.

This is what has been handed down by the Apostles, any change is a man made doctrine and an appropriation of what Jesus handed down.
I would be very weary of such people that want to impersonate the proper authority handed down by our Lord.

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Well like I said my husband was ticked off and told her she better not try any of her voodoo with our children because she ointed this child in front of us that was not hers but did have consent of the mother. She said she was blessing him with her oils and that we are all priests.
 
Why do you think this is voodoo?

Sounds like she now knows not to do this with your children.
 
I don’t think that, but my husband does. He knows more about her church than I do. He won’t talk about it much, but I know he had a bad experience when he used to be a member back in the day before I met him. He thinks they are a cult. And it’s apparent my husband does not trust her so I’m not sure “she now knows”. I don’t know what to think. I think she means well. My husband thinks she is doing all this for the wrong reasons for glory and power.
 
Well if you “buy” into the “gospel of wealth” it is a sort of vodoo. We appropriate power which has not been bestowed upon us. Using kabbalistic approaches at how to conduct our lives.

Only God has such power, he may give us wealth or poverty or sorrow, Jesus said if we want to follow Him, to pick up our crosses, not to make wealth the end all of our existence.

If we are not wealthy are we to believe we are cursed by God?

Of course not, our station in this life have no bearing on our ultimate destination, eternal life.
Did Jesus say “the wealthy will inherit Heaven!”?
just my worthless :twocents:

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JerryZ said:
Only the Bishop can annoint with the oil for Chrismation for example, unless expressly permitted to a priest to do it in his place.
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I think that the oil used for Baptism is the oil the “oil for Chrismation” I think a.k.a. “Chrism”. Its aroma is most pleasant and that is why I asked what it was (I was putting things from a Baptism away).
 
hmm what kind of church is she attending exactly? And annointing with oils is not Voodoo some protestant churches do so. And I do keep holy oil in my home to annoint myself or my children with in the case of sickness, just as blessed salt is in my window seals and holy water in bottles throughout the home but I dont go about annointing eveyone or baptizing even if they asked me to I would decline and if your husband isnt comfortable with her annointing in front of him or annointing your kids just avoid her if possible
 
From my understanding only a (lay person) parent can bless their own children not those of others.

It’s a non denominational one.
 
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Well she is right we are all priest. This is why we can baptize people but we aren’t the priest that Christ has called out
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Not correct. Anyone can baptize; atheists, heretics, Hindus, anyone. No priesthood is required to be the minister of baptism.

By virtue of our Christian baptism, we share in the priesthood of Christ. This is essentially different from the ministerial priesthood conferred by Holy Orders.
 
I’d like to walk back from the “voodoo” comment. My husband doesn’t really think it’s voodoo those are just his choice of words for not agreeing with what she is doing. He was simply being colorful, but the point is that he was not comfortable with it and doesn’t trust her church. So I wanted clarification on her Facebook post as far interpreting. I have yet to decide for myself if she is in fact in a cult or something not right.
 
It looks like her FB posting is one of you can have the health and wealth that you want, the so called “Health and Wealth” or “Name it and Claim it”.

That is not Catholic teaching. God never promises us we will have all that we desire in health or wealth.
 
By virtue of our baptism, we are all priests. Like everyone has said here, though we are priests…we are not annointed to do priestly duties.

As a lay person, i think it is nice to give someone a blessing and protection by placing oil and praying for them. Our prayer group does that to each other before we leave the venue. But to declare that you are a priest and you can do all, in my opinion is blasphemy, St. Paul reminds us not to get off at ourselves and follow those who are annointed.
 
Someone told me or I read it somewhere I can’t remember that we can not bless each other as lay people only our children.
 
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