tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post1446596828145555690..comments2024-03-29T22:00:02.999+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: On ordinationPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-42052966631677821822017-03-28T09:40:01.209+13:002017-03-28T09:40:01.209+13:00Peter, what a graceful description of your ontolog...Peter, what a graceful description of your ontological call into the priesthood of Christ and its culmination in the grace of Holy Orders!<br /><br />My own call came over a much longer period, from its initial rejection in the Church of England (because I had not attended university); through another (temporary) call to the Religious Life with SSF; until the time when, in the midst of a successful career in the travel industry, I was once again called by God to become a priest. <br /><br />I have no doubts about the ontology of the ministerial priesthood, having experienced the truth of the Scriptural injunction that: "Whom God calls; God equips".Thanks be to God:" All of this is not in any way to dismiss the essentiality of the 'priesthood of the Laity' - which is essential to the calling of each of us.<br /><br />It is worth noting that the difference between the two calling - of Laity and Priests - was demonstrated at Saturday's ordination in our Cathedral; when the hands of the new priests were anointed with the Oil of Chrism - which is also the anointing authorized for us at our Baptism. This 'extra' anointing is an extension of the charism of Baptism in ministerial priesthood. Father Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062632692873621258noreply@blogger.com