02 Sep 26 – All Things Catholic Priesthood

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Today we're going to be talking about the Catholic basis for the priesthood.

Where is it in the Bible?

Where is it in the early church?

Are we making it up?

What do we believe in terms of the priesthood?

How does what we believe differ from others like our evangelical friends?

Today we're going to dive in the very deep faithful we're going to talk about the Catholic priesthood.

Why do you need a real and valid priest to bring about the holy sacrifice of the Eucharist?

Do you even need a valid priest?

Why would you need one?

We're going to dive into all of that today, faithful, but we want to begin.

And yeah, we're going to tackle some controversial topics.

What about female priesthood?

Female deaconesses?

What is going on with that?

Are they even possible?

We're going to tackle all of that.

We want to begin with an incredible prayer from our near and dear friend.

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And what a reminder we're taking any any any any in all of your

Questions.

And yeah, that is right.

In Catholicism, there is a sacrificial priesthood.

Okay.

What does that mean?

What does it mean to refer to Catholicism having a

Sacramento.

Sacramento priesthood.

Okay.

This is important.

We've got to understand this because this is very important.

Sacrificial priesthood.

Now, one of the most common and I mean very common.

Objections is simple.

Our evangelical friends are going to say, hey, Jesus.

Is our one high priest.

So why do you Catholic have frees?

And that is a big problem because that problem on their end, by

the way, it's not a problem for us.

That is a problem on our on their end.

Not on our end because that problem really does assume that our

Lord's unique priesthood doesn't allow for participation in his

priesthood.

That isn't a good argument.

In fact, the Bible is going to show you the opposite.

I mean, there's a reason why our Lord is called the one eternal

High priest.

Yes, we get to participate.

Well, not all of us, but Catholics get to participate in what

belongs to Christ in terms of the priesthood.

We know he is the one son, right?

Let me give you this example.

He is the one son, yet we become adopted sons.

He is the one mediator, yet we are able to intercede for one

another.

In fact, we are ordered to.

It isn't a matter of well, if you feel like doing it, do it.

No, we are ordered to intercede for one another.

He is a great shepherd.

Yet, Saint Peter tells the priest to shepherd the flock and you

have these examples all over the place.

Our Lord possesses a priesthood perfectly and eternally,

while ordained ministers, how do they participate?

They participate in his the priestly ministry.

So the Catholic priest doesn't replace our Lord.

No, that is not Catholic.

Teach me to be very clear.

That is not Catholic.

Teach me if anybody tells you, well, the Catholic priest,

they are the ones that replace Jesus.

No.

Our Lord exercises his priesthood through his ordained

ministers.

Let me say it again.

Our Lord exercises his priesthood through his ordained

ministers.

And yes, we're going to see examples all over the Bible.

Because our evangelical friends, they don't want, they don't want

church history.

We're going to look at church history.

But they want Bible, Bible, Bible alone, even though the

Catholic church gave them the Bible.

Hey, cool deal.

You want to find where our faith is taught in our book that you

like to use.

Hey, kudos to you.

Cool deal.

How you liking the book?

What makes the priest a priest?

A priest a priest.

Biblically, priesthood is inseparable from sacrifice.

Biblically, priesthood, you cannot separate it from sacrifice.

Hebrews 5.1 tells us every high priest chosen from among men is

appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God to offer

gifts and sacrifices for sin.

That is big.

That right there is big faithful.

Because a priest isn't merely a preacher.

No, and a lot of people get that wrong.

A lot think, well, okay, well, he is mainly a preacher.

No, a priest is not mainly a preacher.

A prophet will proclaim God's word.

We know that.

A teacher will teach.

He'll instruct.

He'll teach you things that you didn't know beforehand.

We'll teach you mastery of things.

But there is an important role of a priest.

And that role is due offer sacrifice.

So when we talk about Catholicism, we've got to ask, okay, does the

new covenant, does it contain sacrificial worship?

And if your answer is yes, well, if it does, then we really

should expect it a real priestly ministry.

Let me repeat it.

If the new covenant has sacrificial worship and it does, then we

really should expect a priestly ministry.

And we do have one.

And remarkably, the new testament over and over will show

Christian worship using the language of altar, offering

a new covenant, sacrifice, lay through the laws,

liturgy and real priestly service.

Faithful.

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tune in and maybe you're in the road.

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gym to pump iron, wherever it is you're going, or wherever it

is you are.

Today's topic is a very important one.

It was a topic hotly debated at the time of the

reformation.

Right.

A lot of the evangelicals, a lot of the products, he said,

hey, hold on.

We're all a royal nation of priests.

Why are you all, you know, calling yourself ministerial

priests?

Where is that biblically?

You invented it out of thin air.

You invented it out of thin air, they said.

And the attacks and the fake were at an all time high.

You heard it.

You heard it all over the place during the time of the

reformation.

And why do you think you're going to be the one who's going to

break out of that part of you or your family?

Why do we need it priesteted?

Well, we need one very clearly, because the holy mass is a

sacrifice.

Because our Lord called it his body and his blood.

We want to be clear.

Our Lord called it his body and his blood.

At the last supper, our Lord doesn't just sit down and

right and wine, that is in all that he's doing there. That is in all that he's doing

there. And what he's doing there very clearly is much more what he's doing is

sacrificial. What he's doing is sacrificial at its very core. In fact, in the

Gospel of St. Luke, chapter 22 verse 19, it says, this is my body which is given

for you, then concerning the chalice, this cup which is poured out for you is the

new covenant in my blood. But we want you to notice the language. Keep your eye

balls on the language. Notice the language body given blood poured out new

covenant. Our Lord is sacramentally presenting to sacrifice that will be

consummated on Calvary. So the Holy Mass doesn't recrucify Christ. Rather, the

one sacrifice of Calvary is made sacramentally present.

Faithful, we got a lot more to come. Stick around. Don't want to go in.

And we are back, faithful, high y'all doing today. Y'all have been a great one. Are

you all having a tremendous day? What a wonderful point from the tremendous

brother Abel. One of our goaded moderators, my friend, how you doing? Thank you for

your tremendous support, my friend. And I want to be clear to all of you all. We

wouldn't be here able to do what we're doing without your support. Abel, thank you

a ton, my friend. Even though you tried in a very, very, you know, bad manner to try

to convert father into a real Madrid fan, I still love you, man. I still love you,

people, thank you with the support, my friend. How beautiful is it that Jesus thought of

everyone in the future, giving himself to us in the Eucharist. I love it, man. I love

it. That is why we got to take care of our free spread. We got to pray for them. We

got to make sure the endure. We got to make sure that the endure. We got to pray for

them. We got to help them in every way, every way that we can. Because without them,

we don't have a holy Eucharist. Without them, we don't have a Eucharist. I mean, there

is no way around it. Without a priesthood, we don't have a Eucharist. We got to protect

and love and nurture, take care and pray for our priest. And I agree, my friend, it is

profoundly beautiful because our Lord thought not only of the apostles. This is what I love.

But of every think about this, Abel, and everyone, I beg you to wrap your mind around

this. I beg you. Put this in your mind, what I'm about to say. Because Abel really did

make me think about it in a beautiful way. There at the last supper, our Lord thought

not only of the apostles, but of every generation to come in the holy Eucharist. You don't

have a mere symbol or a merely reminder of himself. No, you don't at all. No, you have

the body, blood and soul, divinity of our Lord, not just merely a reminder. You have

himself. And that is him remaining with the church until the end of the age. There

is something amazing about this because our Lord, when he instituted the Holy Eucharist,

when he instituted the holy priesthood, he did it with the entire, the entire future church

in view. He knew that we would not be able to be there standing there at that time, physically

beside him at the last supper, or beneath the cross. But he left us himself, body, blood,

soul, and divinity in the Holy Eucharist. That is beautiful, my friend. Beautiful. Thank

you for that wonderful reminder. That is a beautiful, a beautiful reality that we tend to

not highlight it up. We don't highlight it enough. We've got to highlight it more and more.

We have to. Yeah, we definitely have to. Now, why are people are saying, hold on, hold

on. You guys are trying to smuggle in your theology. You know, this, you know, nice language

and everything that you're using. But we want to know where is the language of actual

sacrifice. I mean, we agree. We agree that there is a priesthood of all believers, our

Protestant friends are going to say, but what do you mean a ministerial priesthood? Where

is that particular example? We don't see that example. And we encounter the do this language,

do this tuta poiette. That has real liturgical significance because our Lord will command the

apostles. Do this in remembrance of me. Do this in remembrance of me. And the Greek is very clear.

Very clear tuta poiette. I stain him in anamne sin. There it is, the Greek word anamne sin

from an amnasis. I'm a memorial. But it isn't just merely, well, you know, I'm remembering

it to I'm remembering a wonderful thing that happened in the past. No, it isn't just that,

not at all, because in the Bible, biblical memorials, what did they belong to? In the Bible,

biblical memorials, they belonged to liturgical worship. That is what team belong to. They belong

to liturgical worship. So the language is very clearly here liturgical worship in mind. Now,

remember the Passover itself, it was a memorial, right? But it was a memorial of what? It was a

memorial of God's saving act that was ritually celebrated, ritually celebrated by Israel. So our

Lord will establish the Holy Eucharist within a sacrificial and within a covenantal setting. Now,

he doesn't tell the apostles simply, well, remember that I died in that sin. No, he gives them sacred

actions to perform. He tells them take it, take bless, break, give, eat, drink, do it in remembrance of

me. That is the beating heart of Catholic liturgical worship. And that is why all of our apostolic

brothers and sisters follow this. They all believe in it too. You're not going to find any

apostolic church denying this. We love our orian Lord, our brothers and sisters. We love our

Eastern Orthodox brothers and sisters. They all believe it. All of them. You're not going to

encounter any of them that are going to tell you what, hold on. You know, I don't believe in

I don't believe the Holy Eucharist to sacrifice. You know, you're not going to find anybody saying

that? You're going to find that. They all believe it. And they believe it because the Bible tells you

so. St. Paul calls a Holy Eucharist a Cognonia, a communion in Christ sacrifice. In 1 Corinthians 10,

this is devastating. Our evangelical friends probably shudder and are horrified at 1 Corinthians

chapter 10 and chapter 11 and the letter to the Hebrews. If they could rip them out of their

Bibles and throw them into the oven along with Jimmy, they would do it. I think you got that joke

right, right? Luther wanted to toss Jimmy into the oven. He hated the letter to James because it

crushed Solifide and our evangelical friends are probably horrified at 1 Corinthians 10 and 11.

I probably horrified at it because of what St. Paul says. He tells you, the cup of blessing which

we bless is Ignatius Cognonia, a communion in the blood of Christ. The bread which we break is

Ignatius Cognonia, a communion in the body of Christ. Then what does St. Paul do? What does he do?

Look at what he does. He immediately compares the Holy Eucharist with his relight sacrifice.

1 Corinthians 10, 18, consider the people of Israel are not those who eat the sacrifices,

partners in the altar. Faithful, if you haven't noticed that before, I want to pause to let that

sink in. We're being deliberately shown the Eucharist as a sacrifice. Please let that sink in because

the majority of our evangelical friends are going to deny it. But allow that to sink in. I beg of

you. Look at what Paul says. He will immediately compare the Holy Eucharist with his relight sacrifice.

Consider the people of Israel are not those who eat the sacrifices, partners in the altar. He's

being very deliberate. Paul is always deliberate. St. Paul was always deliberate. Look at the

categories he has here. He's got a sacrifice. He has an altar. He has a sacrifice, a suceastadion

in all term, a real sacrificial meal and a coignania, a communion with the victim.

That right there is Catholic Eucharistic theology. I want to give an enormous shout out to the

legendary, our dear brother repent before too late. How you doing, my friend? How you doing? I love

the image, man. I love the image, man. You ain't never going to get rid of that image. Are you, man?

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Thank you for your tremendous support because we wouldn't be here able to do any of what we're

doing without your support, my friend. You are beyond the tremendous. Now we have more. We've got

plenty. We've got plenty because St. Paul will even contrast the Eucharistic table with pagan

altars. Now what is happening here? He is contrasting to Eucharistic table with pagan altars.

He will continue in 1 Corinthians 10 and he continues by discussing pagan sacrifices. He says,

you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. But look at the parallel.

Look at the parallel. Israel has a sacrificial communion. Pagans have sacrificial communion. Look

at the parallel. What do we have as Catholic believers? We have the table of the Lord. As Catholic

believers, we have the table of the Lord. Now St. Paul isn't comparing a Christian Bible study

with pagan sacrifice. He is comparing cultic meals. The Holy Eucharist really does belong to the

biblical world of real sacrificial worship. And when we're talking about his sacrifice and an

altar, you need a real priesthood, don't you? That becomes pretty evident. Once we've entered into

the world and we're talking about all of these details that we're laying out, it becomes pretty

clear. You need a real ministerial priesthood. And that is why the letter to the Hebrews tells you,

we have an altar. I have never encountered this day. I am looking for them. Where are they? I have

never encountered an evangelical that can lay out to Hebrews where it says this and make it make

sense. I've never encountered one because Hebrews 1310 is powerful. It tells you we have an altar

through Cestarian. By the way, every time the Greek word altar is used, a real sacrifice must be on

it. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. We have an altar,

we in the plural, meaning the church. Not it isn't, it isn't, we remember an altar. We have an

altar in the present sentence. Not, well, Judaism had altars and you know, we abolished the entire

concept. No, the letter to the Hebrews flat out says, we have an altar. And why do altars

exist? They exist for sacrifice. Now of course, he then tells you what our Lord did is once for all.

We agree. That holy sacrifice doesn't compete with Calvary. In fact, it depends 1,000,

1,000,000% upon Calvary. The holy mass is sacrificial because it will sacramentally

participate in our Lord's one, one definitive sacrifice. That is why. That is why faithful.

And we are back, faithful. We're talking about the letter to the Hebrews, where it tells us we've

got an altar. Now that is really unusual language. Well, it would be unusual language if we didn't

believe in a real ministerial priesthood. It would be unusual. Now it would be language we would

be expecting to see if we did believe in that ministerial priesthood, right? If we did believe

in that ministerial priesthood, it would be language that we would not be shocked at seeing and

indeed it is language that we do expect to see. Why is that? Because Malachi foretold a universal

sacrifice. That's right. And by the way, faithful, any and all the questions you all have,

maybe you have a question about the Eucharist, maybe you have a question about Transubcensiation,

maybe you got a question about the Reformers, about the priesthood, anything you have on your mind.

We are taking any and all the questions faithful, any and all. We're taking your questions faithful.

Now Malachi foretells a universal sacrifice. Look at Malachi 111. From the rising of the

sun to its setting, my name is great among the nations. And in every place in census offered

to my name and a pure offering. That is enormous. Because the prophet will look forward. He will look

forward to an age when God's name will be glorified among the Gentiles. Whoa.

Among the Gentiles. Now that is pretty enormous. That is enormous. Because the more and more that

you look at this, the more and more incredible it becomes because look, what characterizes that age,

a pure offering. Look at the text. A pure offering in every place, every place,

early Christians saw this prophecy, fulfilled in the Eucharist. That makes complete sense, doesn't it?

Doesn't it? The old covenant sacrifices, they were geographically, they were centered at

pay attention. The old covenant sacrifices were geographically locked into the Jerusalem area.

So what is Malachi talking about, man? What's happening here? Malachi is talking about the new

covenant sacrifice. It'll be offered throughout the nations. It'll be offered all throughout the

world, Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, Africa, Asia, Minor, and eventually throughout the entire

Catholic world from the rising of the conduit setting were told from the rising of the conduit setting.

Wow. Look at that language. That is tremendous language. And that is why Romans 15 will use

language of a priest for Saint Paul. Did he know that? Did he know that Romans 15 uses

priestly language for Saint Paul? Now we do reach one of the most overlooked passages in the entire

discussion. That's Romans 15, 15 to 16. Saint Paul will describe himself as a minister of Christ

Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God so that the offering of the

Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Look at the Greek language. The Greek

language should blow you away. Paul calls himself, I lay through the Lord Christ Jesus. I lay

through the Lord Christ. What does that mean? What does that mean? What does that mean, faithful?

It means that I had an alarm and I don't know why. That means he is, he has a ministry. He will

describe his ministry with a particular Greek verb. What is a Greek verb that he uses? I don't

know. What does that Greek word mean? It is incredibly powerful, priestly language. Saint Paul

will describe himself as performing a sacred priestly ministry connected with an offering. It doesn't

get clearer than that. It really doesn't get clearer than that. Notice that. That is cultic

and priestly language. He will describe himself performing a sacred priestly ministry connected

with an offering. You got it right there. So all over the New Testament, you can see this kind of

language and Romans 15, we want to remind you, Romans 15 is saturated with sacrificial vocabulary.

Look at Saint Paul's complete thought. We want to break it down for you. Look at the complete

thought of Saint Paul. He is a lay through to us, meaning he is a sacred minister. He is able to

perform a priestly service. He is able to provide a priestly service so that the Gentiles

might become a profora, an offering so that they might become an offering made acceptable and sanctified

by the Holy Spirit and Phanumati Hagyo. This should blow you away. And anybody that goes against

the Levitical, forget it. There you go, man. There's the error. Anybody that goes against the ministerial

priesthood, they don't know what they're talking about. They don't know. They have no idea. They

simply just, they cannot do it. They cannot make this a coherent argument. They cannot make a coherent

argument. And it doesn't, it falls apart. It falls. Their theology falls apart miserably. So

Saint Paul will deliberately depict his apostolic ministry using the imagery of the temple.

Now, Saint Paul, he's not an old covenant, Levitical priest. He is something new. What is he? He is,

as he tells us, a minister of Jesus Christ within the new covenant. He has an evangelical

and he has an evangelical ministry, not like a Protestant. Don't hear him say, hey, hey, there you go.

William called him an evangelist like Pastor Billy Bob. No, man. Oh, man. He has an evangelical

ministry. And that ministry will take on priestly dimensions because he is a priest. That is why.

That is why. And Romans 15 is mind-blowing. Anytime you want to lay out all of the language of

the priesthood, you got to get to Romans 15. And Paul, the language Saint Paul is using his

mind-blowing. He will talk about himself as a priest presenting an offering. And the imagery is

powerful imagery. Imagine an Old Testament priest standing before God, presenting an acceptable

sacrifice. Saint Paul will take that imagery and he will apply it to his apostolic ministry.

But what is his offering? The Gentiles themselves. Through the preaching of the gospel and the sanctifying

action of the Holy Spirit, the nations become an offering pleasing to God. Now, all of this ties in

masterfully with Catholic sacramental theology masterfully. Remember what our evangelical friends say,

well, the New Testament never describes Christian ministers with priestly or sacrificial

identity markers. It sure does. Sure does. All over the place in Saint Paul.

Saint Paul is able to talk about his whole ministry with priestly identity markers in a very

clear manner. And remember, elsewhere we read about that apostolic church possessing the holy

Eucharist, sacrifice, altar, and liturgical worship. That's pretty clear, really, really clear.

And that should be laid out and understood in a very clear manner. I don't know why I get

put a loose alarm. Now, here's another very important point. We're going to leave you this

right as we approach our final break, man. In audience, if you've been loving this, let us know. We

want to hear from you all faithful. If you've been loving it, let us know. We want to hear from you

all faithful. Are you loving it? Are you learning something you didn't know before? But hold on.

Doesn't first Peter say every Christian is a priest? You're a priest. I'm a priest.

Here's a classical objection. Everybody's a priest. Why do we need a ministerial priest? Then

Pastor Billy Bob, Pastor Maddie Matt, Pastor Mikey Mike, they can all, if they want, if they want,

they can bring about the holy sacrifice of the mass, right? If they wanted to, we're all a

nation of priests, right? Doesn't say, doesn't first Peter? Doesn't tell you that? First Peter

2.9, you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. You know, what's happening then?

And to that would say, amen, we agree. Every baptized Christian participates in our Lord's priesthood.

We all do. We call that the common priesthood of the faithful and all of us participate. But

would that eliminate the ministerial priesthood? No. In fact, St. Peter's language proves the opposite.

Once we identify where he got the language from, where is St. Peter quoting from?

Time to blow you away. He's quoting the Old Testament. He's drawing upon Exodus 19. And what do we find

there? Israel itself was already called a kingdom of priests. That has got to blow you away.

Israel is already calling itself a kingdom of priests. There you have it. And that is what

St. Peter is quoting from when he says that we are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, stick around faithful. We got a lot more to come.

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And we are live audience having a tremendous time, an amazing time talking about the priesthood.

And I want to give an enormous shout out to repent before too late, the near and dear friend.

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You're talking about our amazing faith.

You left you off right here, where one of the arguments we're going to hear all the

time is hold on.

First Peter 2 tells you we're all priests, man.

So I don't need your priesthood.

No, you definitely do.

You definitely do.

You want to really understand what the first Peter's even talking about.

And yes, here's the kicker right here.

Israel had a royal priesthood and ministerial priest.

That's right.

So what is Saint Peter quoting from?

Israel 196 says to Israel, you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

Hold on.

Does that sound familiar?

Well, it should because that is a background of first Peter 2.9.

Let me emphasize again, that is a background of first Peter 2.9.

And here is the fatal problem for the objection.

Did Israel pay attention?

Did Israel state us as a kingdom of priests?

Did it mean that Israel had no ministerial priesthood?

Of course not.

Of course not.

Because Israel simultaneously possessed the universal priestly vocation of the nation and

they had a particular ministerial priesthood.

And if anybody says William, where's the evidence?

William.

Hello, Aaron.

Hello, Aaron's sons.

I think it's pretty clear, right?

Yeah.

And Exodus itself proves that these realities are compatible.

So when Saint Peter applies Exodus 19 to believers, we don't stop and say, oh, hold on.

Everyone is priestly.

So there cannot be ordained priests.

No, that is a conclusion that doesn't follow.

That conclusion would not, would, would destroy the very Old Testament typology.

Saint Peter is invoking.

You've got to understand this kind of typology.

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You know, those are not scholars.

DJ, come on.

Those are definitely not scholars.

Not at all, bad.

Who else do we have?

Who else do we have?

Bumbaradana.

Bumbaradana.

We got a lot.

We got Veritas.

Veritas.

We love it, man.

Faithful, we hope you're having a wonderful day, a wonderful morning, wonderful evening.

And we got combat, combat, wombat in the house.

So does the common priesthood, does the common priesthood, does it abolish the ministerial

priesthood?

Of course, it doesn't.

Of course, it doesn't.

There's a snow way on the planet.

And there is an important distinction.

It's big.

In the old covenant, all Israel was priestly.

Yet there were certain men that exercised a distinct sacrificial priesthood.

In the new covenant, all Christians are priestly.

Yet there are certain ordained ministers that exercised a distinct ministerial participation

in our Lord's priesthood.

And these are not contradictions.

They are different modes of participation in God's priestly people.

We do know that we offer ourselves spiritually to God.

We know that Romans 12.1 present your bodies as a living sacrifice.

We know that.

I know.

I know.

But ordained ministers, they possess a particular ministry.

What is it connected with?

It's connected with governing, with teaching, sacramental worship, and the eucharistic celebration

that has been handed down by the apostles.

So first, Peter 2 does not refute the Catholic priesthood.

In fact, it puts it front and center, front and center.

And the Old Testament background provides the framework for truly understanding it, for

truly being able to understand it.

And remember, what is the beating heart of this teaching?

What is the beating heart?

I'm going to show you what it is.

There is one priest, one sacrifice, one participating priesthood, one high priest, one sacrifice,

and one participating priesthood.

Now you put everything together.

And our Lord is the one eternal high priest.

His sacrifice and Calvary is once for all.

The Catholic Church doesn't add another sacrifice alongside Calvary.

No, that is in the case.

At the last supper, our Lord gives His apostles His body and blood, under sacrificial covenant

signs and commands in a very clear manner.

Where He utters, do this in remembrance of me.

Do this in remembrance of me.

Think about that.

Think about that.

That's really, really important.

Really, really important language.

It is language that is highlighting the reality of this.

The language that is highlighting all of this, all of this theological material.

Do this in remembrance of me.

St. Paul will describe the Holy Eucharist using the categories of sacrifice, right?

An altar and of real participation.

Of real participation.

Think about that.

The letter of the Hebrews will say, we have an altar.

Malachi will say, will foretell a pure offering among the nations.

And Romans 15 will describe St. Paul's apostolic ministry using pretty

powerful language, priestly language, sacrificial vocabulary.

So when somebody says, hey, hold on, guys, we're all a royal priesthood.

You gotta say, yeah, I know that.

Yeah, of course.

And then you tell them, what is first pito, what is first pito, Peter echoing, Exodus

19, where the entire nation was already called the Kingdom of priests.

While Israel simultaneously had a distinct ministerial priesthood, you got a clear biblical

choice here, right?

It's either Christ priesthood or the Catholic priest, right?

No, not at all.

It is Christ one eternal priesthood.

And we participate in it by his body.

We're shown that in the Bible with a whole church, all of us sharing in a common priesthood

and ordained ministers that are exercising a real ministerial priesthood and service

to the body.

That is not a medieval invention at all.

I'm thankful.

I want to give an enormous shout out to all of you all.

And with the final minute and a half or two, we have, I want to make a few announcements

of some amazing guests we got coming on.

We got some tremendous guests coming on, guys.

We got some great guests coming on in a few days.

We've got the incredible Father Gregory Pine.

We'll be joining us for multiple shows.

We have Father Rahel joining us for multiple shows as well.

We've got one of the top priest scholars in the world in maryology.

Once I get the date confirmed, I will give you his name.

That will be a lot of fun.

We got the phenomenal, my near and dear friend, Mike Aqualina coming on soon.

Dr. John Burkis must be coming on.

We're going to do a whole show on the Dead Sea Scrolls very soon.

And probably the top, I am biased because he's Catholic.

And in terms of Islamic scholars, there's just teased a go to.

Dr. Gabriel Saeed will be joining us for a tremendous show on Angels in Islam, Angelology.

Where do they get?

Do they get anything right?

Or do they get it all wrong?

Because they get a whole lot wrong.

And we're going to be having some tremendous amazing guests on.

No, we don't have Pastor Billy Bob.

We don't have Pastor Billy Bob.

We're going to give it a enormous shout out to Rafael.

Rafael, tremendous, Castellano's brother.

Thank you for your amazing support brother.

How you doing, my friend?

We hope you're doing well.

Hope you're having a tremendous one.

An amazing day.

And to all of you, we hope you love the show.

We got a lot more really good, really cool stuff planned for you all.

I mean, we're just having a total blast, aren't we?

Talking theology with all of you all.

And we've got great guests that we have lined up including.

There's a few bishops that we have coming on.

We will announce them once we get those dates.

We got a few amazing bishops that are coming on.

Once we get those dates, do not worry, faithful.

We will definitely, let you know once we get those dates.

But in the meantime, we want to know, faithful, did you love the show today?

Were you thrilled and pumped?

Were you blown away?

Do you want more shows like it?

Is Aby in the chat?

You're going to have to look for him or send him that, you know,

Valentine's cards since you love him so much, Brandon.

Faithful, we love you dearly.

God bless you.

Stick around.

We'll see you all soon again.

You all are beyond tremendous faithful.