TO CHRIST, THE HIGH AND ETERNAL PRIEST, LET US GIVE GLORY

The celebration of this Feast helps all of us, priests and faithful, to become aware of the great gift of the priesthood.
LET US PRAY FOR ALL PRIESTS

 

THURSDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Day of prayer for priests.

PRIEST, ANOTHER CHRIST
Homily by the Venerable José María García Lahiguera
on the Feast of Christ the Priest 1971

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HISTORY OF THE FEAST (EXCERPT FROM THE BIOGRAPHY OF D. JOSÉ MARÍA LAHIGUERA)

The approval by the Church of the liturgical celebration of the feast of Jesus Christ High and Eternal Priest had a long itinerary.

HISTORY OF THE FEAST (excerpt from the biography of Mother Maria del Carmen Hidalgo de Caviedes)

If it was up to Venerable García Lahiguera to give the “official” impulse, it became effective thanks to the discreet and vigorous intervention of M. María del Carmen.

LITURGICAL TEXTS

The proper texts for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours of Christ the Priest, which were approved by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship by rescript of December 21, 1971.

Fotos

PHOTOS
Little by little this Feast has spread and is celebrated in many places. It is a day of prayer and priestly meeting in which priests concelebrate in a solemn mass.

The priest is the bridge between God and mankind. He is a “pontiff”; he has become a bridge between above and below. When he descends from above, all divine grace will descend upon him. All the prayers of humanity will pass through him, if he ascends from below. He will be God’s ambassador. He will be before God the representative of humanity. There is no greater greatness! (Venerable Jose Maria Garcia Lahiguera).

     

VIDEO ABOUT THE PARTY

SPEECH BY MR. JOSÉ Mª GARCÍA LAHIGUERA

M. Mª DEL CARMEN HIDALGO DE CAVIEDES SPEAKS

The Feast of Jesus Christ High and Eternal Priest

Grace for all priests, closer call, encouragement and reminder of what their priesthood should be, presence of the only Way, Truth and Life for them (Mother María del Carmen Hidalgo de Caviedes).