As seminarians Bosco Chan and Adriano were admitted to the candidacy for Holy Orders, they move one step forward toward the priesthood, acknowledging their
renouncement of the world and faithful following of Christ in serving His flock.
Tag: Holy Orders
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (155) Can anyone become a priest?
Is the priesthood for everyone?
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (154) What are the essential elements needed to confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders?
“The essential rite of the sacrament of Holy Orders for all three degrees consists in [1] the bishop’s imposition of hands on the head of the ordinand [the matter of the sacrament] and in [2] the bishop’s specific consecratory prayer asking God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and his gifts proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being ordained [form] [Cf. Pius XII, apostolic constitution, Sacramentum Ordinis].”