Christ The Ideal of the Priest

by Marmion, Columba

• ISBN13: 9781586170141
• ISBN10: 1586170147
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-30
• Publisher: Ignatius Press

Summary

The highly acclaimed spiritual writer, Blessed Columba Marmion wrote this classic work on the priesthood to show the great holiness that priests are called to, and how that holiness can only be attained through close union with, and imitation of, Jesus Christ. While aimed at the clergy, this profound spiritual work will also be of immense inspiration for laity in coming to a deeper understanding of the true nature and calling of the priesthood.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Preface	9	(12)
Part I CHRIST, AUTHOR OF OUR PRIESTHOOD AND OF OUR SANCTITY
The Priesthood of Christ	21	(16)
Christ the Model and the Source of Priestly Sanctity	37	(17)
Sacerdos Alter Christus	54	(21)
Part II THE PATH TO PRIESTLY SANCTITY
The Priestly Virtues
Ex Fide Vivit	75	(20)
``Death to Sin''	95	(18)
The Sacrament of Penance and the Spirit of Compunction	113	(18)
Humiliavit Semetipsum Factus Obediens	131	(16)
The Virtue of Religion	147	(14)
The Greatest of the Commandments	161	(20)
Hoc Est Praeceptum Meum	181	(22)
In iis quae sunt ad Deum
Do this in Memory of Me	203	(20)
Sancta Sancte Tractanda	223	(15)
The Eucharistic Banquet	238	(17)
The Divine Office	255	(20)
The Priest, a Man of Prayer	275	(21)
The Faith of the Priest in the Holy Spirit	296	(18)
Sanctification by Means of Ordinary Actions	314	(17)
The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Priest	331	(15)
The Transfiguration	346	(7)
Dom Marmion's Life as a Priest	353	(38)
Beatification Homily by John Paul II (Excerpt)	391	(2)
Index	393