The Vicar of Christ
What a powerful image
of the Holy Father giving
his blessing and Jesus
Crucified behind him.
Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, says, "The priestly vocation is a mystery. It is the mystery of a wondrous exchange ("admirabile commercium") between God and man. A man offers his humanity to Christ, so that Christ may use him as an instrument of salvation, making him, as it were, another Christ.
Unless we grasp the mystery of this "exchange", we will not understand how it can be that a young man, hearing the words "Follow me!", can give up everything for Christ, in the certainty that, if he follows this path, he will find complete personal fulfillment. In our world is there any greater fulfillment of our humanity than to be able to re-present every day in the Person of Christ, ("in persona Christi"), the redemptive sacrifice, the same sacrifice which Christ offered on the cross?"
(By Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz S.T.D)
of the Holy Father giving
his blessing and Jesus
Crucified behind him.
Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, says, "The priestly vocation is a mystery. It is the mystery of a wondrous exchange ("admirabile commercium") between God and man. A man offers his humanity to Christ, so that Christ may use him as an instrument of salvation, making him, as it were, another Christ.
Unless we grasp the mystery of this "exchange", we will not understand how it can be that a young man, hearing the words "Follow me!", can give up everything for Christ, in the certainty that, if he follows this path, he will find complete personal fulfillment. In our world is there any greater fulfillment of our humanity than to be able to re-present every day in the Person of Christ, ("in persona Christi"), the redemptive sacrifice, the same sacrifice which Christ offered on the cross?"
(By Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz S.T.D)
2 Comments:
that is a very powerful image indeed!
Pope John Paul II says that too well! Actually, he was quoted in a recent parlaiment argument between our Prime minister (australian politics) and the opposition, it's interesting to see that his words are taken very seriously in a place like that!
Oh yes, I believe there is a lot of weight whenever he is quoted since his words came from the Holy Spirit!
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