Comments on: NZ families not keen on their sons being priests https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/04/nz-families-not-keen-on-their-sons-being-priests/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Sat, 06 Apr 2019 10:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 By: Jane Lamont https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/04/nz-families-not-keen-on-their-sons-being-priests/#comment-24557 Sat, 06 Apr 2019 10:22:14 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=19141#comment-24557 Clericalism? Sounds like it to me.

]]> By: John https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/04/nz-families-not-keen-on-their-sons-being-priests/#comment-23917 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:48:15 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=19141#comment-23917 The priesthood has two great responsibilities.
1. The consecration of bread and wine
2. The absolving of sinfulness.

These two functions of a priest must be understood for their place in salvation.
Then the vocation to the priesthood can become a reality.

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