There is the
typical role of the priest who just happens to know everything about the situation at hand and has the solution to end it all.
Mantel was raised a Catholic, and however alienated she may be from the Church at present, if she were to read my essay, my references to the rite of exorcism and
the role of the priest would not be lost on her.
I am reticent about
the role of a priest applying ashes to a parishioner's forehead.
For Catholics, seminaries are fundamentally about spiritual formation and discernment, and
the role of priest for which young men study inextricably melds individual spiritual direction with coursework and preparation for service to the parish, community, and broader world.
And with the, sometimes necessary, closure and amalgamation of parishes one senses increasingly a tendency to belittle
the role of the priest which, for many, is no longer considered an imperative component of a viable parish.
The most obvious way to ensure fewer instances of clerical abuse in the Catholic Church would be to see that those in charge of seminaries and rectories have a clear understanding of
the role of the priest as father.
If women can step into
the role of priest, then it is no longer one of fatherhood.
Although
the role of the priest necessarily involves preaching and teaching, those actions are not unique to the priesthood and do not define it - the priesthood is primarily about the action of Christ who, through the priest, re-presents His sacrifice of Calvary to the Father.
Downgrade
the role of priests!
The role of the priest / pastor is more akin to a DJ than a religious rock star.
The role of the priest was to bring the blood, the holiest part of the offering, to the altar.
Fr Augustine Hoey, an oblate of the Benedictine order and an author, meditates upon
the role of the priest as minister of Christ's death.
But in addition, commentators have written that physicians in our culture have filled
the role of priests and shamans in pretechnological societies.
The scenery was awesome, and
the role of the priest so well played.
GCSE lesson on the role of parish Church in Christianity, including
the role of the priest / vicar and the congregation as a whole.