Those who are called to be priests are ordained through the Rite of Ordination. A bishop receives the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. He is the head or Ordinary of the local church.
The local area entrusted to him is called a diocese. A bishop is also a member of the episcopal college: this is all the bishops who, with the pope, guide the Church. Priests serve the community in various ways. They may be called to serve in their dioceses or as religious order priests, carrying out the mission of a particular religious community. They preside at liturgies, preach, administer the sacraments, counsel people, serve as pastors, and teach.
Deacons help and serve bishops by serving the needs of the Church, proclaiming the gospel, teaching and preaching, baptizing, witnessing marriages, and assisting the priest celebrant at liturgies. Deacons are ordained for service in the Church. At those times when a new Bishop is appointed to our Diocese, he will either be ordained a Bishop in our Cathedral, or if he is already a Bishop will be received at the Cathedral. Normally, attending the ordination of a Bishop is by invitation. Since the Second Vatican Council , the Catholic Church has taught that all the faithful are called by virtue of their Baptism to share in the priesthood of Christ who is priest, prophet and servant of the kingdom of God.
Therefore the members of the Church have a role in the mission and in the worship of the Church. The priesthood of the faithful is the basis for participation of the members of the community in the offering of the Eucharist.
Lay people in the Church are not just passive recipients of the Eucharist, according to Vatican II; they are instead full participants in the liturgy.
There is an essential difference between the priesthood and the priesthood of all believers, but the Second Vatican Council was quite clear that both are important in the celebration of the Eucharist.
A deacon is called to service in the name of the Church. Permanent deacons are men who have been called by the Church to Holy Orders.
The Deacon will also instruct the faithful through Catechesis and preaching. He may also minister all the sacraments sacraments except those reserved to priests. A bishop is the ordinary minister of Holy Orders. He is also the ordinary minister of Confirmation, although at times he may designate a priest to be the minister of Confirmation in a parish, for example when a person is confirmed after being baptized as part of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
Priests are co-workers of the bishops, while deacons assist priests. Ordered Ministries. For instance, a deacon can preach and baptize, but cannot offer Mass or hear confessions; a priest can offer Mass and hear confessions, but cannot ordain; a bishop can ordain, but not only can he ordain, a bishop can perform every priestly function because he possesses the fullness of Holy Orders. The Early Scriptural Foundations. The beginnings of the ministerial priesthood are found in the Old Testament.
Melchizedek was a priest of God, the first to offer bread and wine Gen Then, beginning with Aaron, the Levites were especially chosen for priestly service Num , and they were consecrated for this sacred duty in a carefully prescribed ordination ritual Ex 29; Lev 8.
The Levites presided over the affairs of the Temple and served as mediators in the offering of sacrifice on behalf of sinners. A Sacrament Instituted by Christ. The ministerial priesthood was established by Jesus when he asked his apostles to continue the ministries that he began. Baptize them. A Divine Call. The call to a vocation to the priesthood begins with God, not the person.
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