Priesthood Is Forever And Does Not Cease

Priesthood Is Not A Convenient, Historically Conditioned Form Of Church Organisation, But Is Rooted In The Incarnation, In The Priesthood And Mission Of Christ Himself.

A Priest Is The God-bearer Or Christ-bearer, A Living Eucharist Of The Divine Presence, Bringing A Sympathetic Ear And A Compassionate Heart In Which People Find God's Consolation, Understanding And Love.

The Church's Note Must Be A Supernatural Note Which Distinguishes Incarnation From Immanence, Redemption From Evolution, The Kingdom Of God From Mere Spiritual Process.

The Priest Comes. . Not As An Obscurantist, But Wearing The Intelligible Vestments Of Living Faith, Divine But Positive, Ministering In Word And Sacrament That Which Is Humanity's Hope And Salvation, The Divine Energy In Which He Lives With Christ In The Father Through The Holy Spirit, Identified But Not Accommodated To The World Christ Seeks To Save.

The Evil Of The Church Is The Doing Of Church Work In A Spirit Of Business, Something To Be Got Through. The Only Way To Avoid This Is For The Priest To Be Instant In Prayer. If He Is Not, He Will Lose That Touch Of The Supernatural, Without Which He Has No Right To Be A Priest At All.