In living the priesthood as a sacrifice of thanksgiving, one realises its fulcrum in grace. The intercourse of humanity and divinity, which reaches an orgasmic point in the total self-offering of the priesthood, finds its content in sacrifice. Indeed, sacrifice enriches life and undergirds its spiritual depth. Without being the maturation of the seeds of glory that produce fruits of greatness, the Christian priesthood would appear as a self-serving institution that pontificates on the altar of self-worship and preserves a collective cultic and institutional memory. But to correspond to its meaning, the priesthood ought to be lived as a living
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