Holy Orders:

1
Chapter 10

• Holy Orders
• Ministering to Gods Life

2
Salvation History

• Old Testament
• Tribe of ______ set apart for ___________________
• Priest offering ___________________
• Priesthood of Christ
• Fulfillment of the ________________
• True __________ on the cross
• Priestly People
• Following our _______________ to continue the
  ministry of the Church

3
Three Degrees of Orders

• Ordination of Bishops
• ___________ of the sacrament of Orders
• Bishops as the ________________________ of the
  faith
• ___________ of the Apostles
• Ordination of Priests
• _______________ of the bishops
• Carry out the _________________ to preach and
  teach the faith
• Leaders of the local assembly (____________)
  communities
• Ordination of Deacons
• Diakonia _______________
• Assist bishops and priests __________________
• Carry out various ministerial and administrative
  tasks

4
Bishops

• Term taken from the Greek episcopos
• ___________________
• Example of Jesus as the Good Shepherd
• bishops are the ___________ or shepherds of a
  local church
• Successors of the Apostles
• Connection from the 12 to every
  _______________________
• Role
• Entrusted with the ___________________________
• Visible head and ___________________
• Symbols
• Mitre (pointy hat)
• Crosier (shepherds staff)

5
Priests

• Term taken from the Greek presbuteroi
• _____________________
• Leader of a local assembly under a bishop
• Co-worker with the bishop
• _______________
• Celebrate the _______________ (Eucharist)
• _______________ the faithful
• Configured to Christ
• Enabled to act _________________
• Two main types
• ____________ in service to a particular Church
  (diocese)
• _____________ member of an order with a special
  charism

6
Deacons

• Term taken from the Greek diakonoi
• _____________________
• Assist bishops and priests
• Assist at the _____________ of the Eucharist
• __________________
• Two types
• _____________
• Can be married or unmarried
• _____________
• Candidates preparing for priesthood

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Effects of Orders

• __________________
• Recipient is ___________________________________
  of the Holy Spirit
• __________________
• Vocation to service
• Represents Christ as _____________________
• Three-fold office of Christ as the Head of the
  Church
• Priest ? one who offers sacrifice for the people
• Prophet ? announcing salvation to the people
• King ? reigns in glory
• Grace of the Holy Spirit
• ___________________
• Act in persona Christi
• Christ present to the people
• Matter
• __________________________
• Form
• _____________________________

8
Who Can Receive?

• Ordination restricted to ___________
• Reflecting choice of Christ in _____________ as
  Apostles and their ___________ for successors
• No one has a _______ to receive the sacrament
• Must be __________ by God and the ___________
• Seminary training
• ________________
• ________________
• ________________
• ________________

9
Ordained Power?

• Ordination does not make a ____________ the rest
  of the people
• Deacons, priests, bishops should be respected but
  not put on a pedestal
• __________________
• Foot Washing at the Last Supper
• __________________
• Holy Orders as a Sacrament at the Service of
  Communion
• Not just _____________
• Clergy must be involved in the community working
  for the people
• Archbishop Oscar Romero
• Father Michael Pfleger

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Celibacy

• _____________
• Remaining deliberately unmarried and not have
  sexual intercourse for a purpose
• Service to others
• Call to ______________________ with undivided
  heart to the Lord
• Sign of new life to service
• Carry out the __________________

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Institutional Structure

• Jesus did not set up an ____________________ on
  earth
• Peter as the leader, _________ sent to preach
• The early Church had the task of ____________
  ____________ to carry out the mission
• Important task of unifying various communities
• Eventually, __________________
• Bishops, priests, and deacons

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Rite of Ordination

• Presentation of the Candidate(s)
• ___________________________________
• The candidates for Orders are approved and
  affirmed by the people
• Examination of the Candidate(s)
• Are you resolved
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• _________________
• Do you promise respect and obedience to my and
  my successors?
• Invitation to Prayer / Litany of the Saints
• Prayer for the _______________ onto the
  candidate(s)
• Laying on of Hands / Prayer of Consecration
• ____________________

13
Rite (II)

• Investiture with Stole and Chasuble
• _____________________
• Anointing of Hands
• Symbolizing that the _________________________ on
  behalf of the people
• ___________________
• Receive from the holy people of God the gifts to
  be offered to him. Know what you are doing, and
  imitate the mystery you celebrate model your
  life on the mystery of the Lords cross.
• Kiss of Peace
• Sign of __________________ of presbyter