00:00May every priest who acts in His name always be holy, joyful, and resolute.
00:19The priestly vocation.
00:22This is the call that Jesus makes to his disciples, giving them the responsibility of presiding over the Christian community and, above all, presiding over the Eucharist.
00:38Priest and Eucharist are two sacraments that cannot be separated.
00:45The priest is at the service of the Eucharist, and the Eucharist is formed by the community, but it is always presided over by the priest.
00:57We say with complete certainty that the priest always acts in persona Christi.
01:04In other words, he makes Jesus Christ present in the community and he does so to sanctify it.
01:11The priest is the sanctifier of the people.
01:17He becomes the instrument of God, of the Holy Spirit, to reach the people of God.
01:25This specific vocation is given by the Lord to whomever He chooses.
01:30The Lord calls many to the priestly ministry, and the Lord wants every priest who acts in his name to always be holy, joyful, and resolute.
01:46Three characteristics that the Christian community asks and demands of us today.
01:52To be priests after the heart of Christ, to serve the community with joy.
02:01If the Lord calls you to the priestly ministry, say yes to Him soon.
02:07He will take care of training and configuring you.
02:11That's what our seminars are for, to prepare, to train.
02:18But the Lord does his work through the Holy Spirit and will gradually conform you to the person of Jesus Christ.
02:27Today, the Church and the world need many priests to sanctify the people of God.
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