{"id":3674,"date":"2009-09-11T09:38:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T09:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/09\/ipse-est-sacerdos-ipse-est-deu\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T09:39:12","slug":"ipse-est-sacerdos-ipse-est-deu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/09\/ipse-est-sacerdos-ipse-est-deu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipse est sacerdos, ipse est Deus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe lessons at Vigils this morning were extraordinarily compelling in the context of this Year of the Priest. (I use the Latin-French Lectionnaire monastique<\/u> in six volumes edited by the Abbey of Solesmes. Would anyone know if a Latin-English version of the same lectionary is in preparation anywhere in the monastic world?)<\/em>
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

First Lesson, Hosea 4:6-10<\/u>
\nWhen Priests Lack Knowedge<\/em>
\nMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame. They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity. And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and requite them for their deeds. They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the harlot, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the LORD to cherish harlotry.<\/p>\n

Here is my translation of the Second Lesson:<\/em>
\nFulgentius Ferrandus was a sixth century deacon of Carthage renowned for his defense of the orthodox faith against the Arians.<\/small>
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

From the Dogmatic Letter of the Deacon Ferrandus, Against the Arians<\/u>
\nThe Action of the Priest<\/em>
\nThe action of the priest is twofold: first, he intercedes in order to be heard,
\nand then, once heard, he gives thanks.
\nIn his intercession he offers the sacrifice of supplication,
\nin his thanksgiving he offers the sacrifice of praise.
\nIn his intercession he presents the needs of sinners,
\nin his thanksgiving he recounts the benefits granted with mercy to those who make reparation.
\nIn his intercession he implores pardon for the guilty,
\nin his thanksgiving he desires to rejoice with those who are absolved.<\/p>\n

And so it is with Christ:
\npossessing an eternal priesthood uninterrupted by death as it is among other priests,
\nHe interceded for us in offering the sacrifice of His own body upon the cross,
\nand He intercedes even now for us all,
\ndesiring that we also should become a pure sacrifice unto God.<\/p>\n

But when Divine Mercy will have become perfected in us,
\nwhen death will have been swallowed up in victory,
\nonce all our sorrows will have disappeared,
\nwhen, filled with all good things,
\nwe will sin no more,
\nno more will we lament,
\nno more will we have to suffer the enemy, the devil,
\nbut we will reign in supreme peace and felicity.
\nThen, it is true, Christ will no longer intercede for us,
\nfor we will have no need to ask for anything.<\/p>\n

Never, however, will He cease giving thanks for us,
\njust as, in this present day, it is by the mediation of our High Priest
\nthat we will offer the sacrifice of praise.
\nAlways then will Christ be the High Priest
\nby whose mediation we can offer the sacrifice of praise.
\nAlways, He is lower because He is the priest.
\nThis notwithstanding, because Christ is forever one,
\nHe Himself is the High Priest,
\nand He Himself is God who with the Father and the Holy Spirit
\nis adored, blessed, and glorified by the faithful.
\nHe Himself intercedes,
\nHe Himself gives thanks,
\nand He Himself bestows grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The lessons at Vigils this morning were extraordinarily compelling in the context of this Year of the Priest. (I use the Latin-French Lectionnaire monastique in six volumes edited by the Abbey of Solesmes. Would anyone know if a Latin-English version of the same lectionary is in preparation anywhere in the monastic world?) First Lesson, Hosea <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,33,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florilegium","category-priesthood","category-year-of-the-priest-2009-2010"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Xg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24292,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions\/24292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}