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Reflects on Educational Mission That Comes With Ordination
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Though priests are called to preach a message that is not their own, they are also called to identify with that message, allowing themselves to be profoundly transformed in it.
This was the reflection made today by Benedict XVI at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. As the Year for Priests draws to a close (closing celebrations are scheduled for June 9-11), the Pope said he would dedicate a series of reflections to priestly ministry.
Today he took up the first of the three offices (teaching, sanctifying and governing) the priest receives, reflecting on the importance of the priest in the midst of an “educational emergency.”
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VATICAN CITY, APRIL 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Though priests are called to preach a message that is not their own, they are also called to identify with that message, allowing themselves to be profoundly transformed in it.
This was the reflection made today by Benedict XVI at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. As the Year for Priests draws to a close (closing celebrations are scheduled for June 9-11), the Pope said he would dedicate a series of reflections to priestly ministry.
Today he took up the first of the three offices (teaching, sanctifying and governing) the priest receives, reflecting on the importance of the priest in the midst of an “educational emergency.”
More…