Note that in any religion a priest is the one who offers sacrifice. So in the Catholic Church, there are two priesthoods: the priesthood of the laity (the non-ordained) and the ministerial priesthood (the ordained). In the Second Reading, all the members of the Church are exhorted to be “a priesthood” (1 Peter 2:5, 9). May 7, The Fifth Sunday of EasterĪlthough the Catechism cites verses from the First Reading, it does not cite them in any of its paragraphs about deacons. Doctrines are those unchanging truths with which we must agree in order to be Catholic. Let’s better understand key verses from May’s Readings by learning the doctrines in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that clarify them so that Our Lord may count us among “all those who, holding to the truth, hand on the catholic and apostolic faith” (Eucharistic Prayer I). The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for May 2023 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine.
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