Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner welcomes Ken Hunter, a deaconate candidate, as he shares (1) the Biblical Roots of Holy Orders, (2) about two priesthoods: the “priesthood of all the faithful” and the “priesthood of the ordained” (3) the origin of Bishop, Priest and Deacon, (4) who may be ordained and (5) the effects/graces of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Holy Orders is not like “military orders”. Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles is continued to be exercised in the Church until the end of time. It is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. Through it, men are marked with an indelible character and constituted Sacred ministers – in three degrees: bishops, priests and deacons–to teach, sanctify, and govern the faithful in the person of Christ the Head. The priesthood of the Old Covenant finds its perfect fulfillment in the priesthood of Jesus Christ, who is the one Mediator between God and us. “Jesus’ sacrifice of himself on the Cross is a priestly act of perfect self-offering accepted by the Father and culminating in his Resurrection from the dead so that, as Risen Lord and High Priest, he continues to offer salvation to all”. This is the sixth episode of the continuing Truth of the Spirit series “The Eucharist and Other Sacraments”.
