{"id":482,"date":"2017-02-22T04:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T10:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:53:04","slug":"holy-orders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A priest is a baptized man who has received the Sacrament of Holy Orders from a Catholic Bishop after a time of discernment and preparation in Seminary. Through this sacrament, a man enters into the <em>ministerial priesthood<\/em>\u00a0which gives him a sacred power to serve (<em>CCC<\/em>\u00a01592).\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>ministerial<\/em>\u00a0<em>priesthood\u00a0<\/em>is given to serve the\u00a0<em>common<\/em>\u00a0priesthood; all the people of God are called to participate in the common priesthood (<em>CCC\u00a0<\/em>1546-1547).<\/p>\n<p>A priest offers the ministry of Jesus Christ to us today. When a priest offers the holy sacrifice of the Mass, it is Christ who offers the sacrifice. When he absolves sins in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, it is Christ who forgives. When he partakes in the mission of the Church to teach and evangelize, it is Christ who speaks through him. When he offers love, comfort and support to God\u2019s people, Christ is truly present with them. For this reason,\u00a0 St John Vianney explained the priesthood in the following terms: \u201cThe priest continues the work of redemption on earth \u2026 If we really understood the priest on earth we would not die of fright but of love \u2026 The priest is the love of the heart of Jesus\u201d (CCC 1589)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Discerning the Call from God<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A vocation to be a priest is an initiative of love from the heart of God.\u00a0 He calls in a gentle and loving way and invites us to respond in freedom. Discerning a vocation to the priesthood takes time, prayer, reflection, patience and attentiveness to God\u2019s action \u2013\u00a0 undertaken with the assistance of others. \u00a0It also takes courage to respond to the interior movements of the Holy Spirit. Is God calling you to be His priest? Contact the Pastor or <a href=\"https:\/\/comeandfollowme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peoria Diocese Vocations<\/a> office for guidance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"receive-part clearfix\">\n<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-6\">\n<div class=\"about\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fXIjSq9ECAc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-6\">\n<div class=\"about\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aq315ppTiOY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A priest is a baptized man who has received the Sacrament of Holy Orders from a Catholic Bishop after a time of discernment and preparation in Seminary. Through this sacrament, a man enters into the ministerial priesthood\u00a0which gives him a sacred power to serve (CCC\u00a01592).\u00a0 The\u00a0ministerial\u00a0priesthood\u00a0is given to serve the\u00a0common\u00a0priesthood; all the people of God &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holy Orders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4832,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template\/Sacraments subpages.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-482","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holy Orders - St. Philomena Catholic Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/\",\"name\":\"Holy Orders - St. Philomena Catholic Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-27-CDOP-priest-ordination-official-e1685469631677.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-22T10:58:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-18T20:53:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-27-CDOP-priest-ordination-official-e1685469631677.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-27-CDOP-priest-ordination-official-e1685469631677.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":407,\"caption\":\"Following the Mass of Ordination at St. Mary\u2019s Cathedral in Peoria, Bishop Louis Tylka and the Diocese of Peoria\u2019s four new priests gathered on the balcony of the Bishop\u2019s Residence. 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