Late last night, we arrived with the misty rain. Just had a nice walk through town on market day. I hadn’t expected the great variety of shops the town has, or the number of people/cars that would be passing through. Father Thacker was in this morning again, to say Mass for the Visitation, and my father and I attended at the back of the church. My father has been helping me with the move over and is a devoted son of our Lady. He would not miss Visitation Mass, even after a long evening of packing and moving and a short night, and especially when our church is dedicated to her.
We are currently taking things out of boxes, and calming the animals down; they are excitedly examining their new habitat. My first Mass at the parish church will be tomorrow morning at 9.30, when we shall honour our Lord as the Eternal High Priest. Here’s a small extract from the letter of S. Paul to the Hebrews:
“The purpose for which any high priest is chosen from among his fellow men, and made a representative of men in their dealings with God, is to offer gifts and sacrifices in expiation of their sins. He is qualified for this by being able to feel for them when they are ignorant and make mistakes, since he, too, is all beset with humiliations, and, for that reason, must needs present sin-offerings for himself, just as he does for the people. His vocation comes from God, as Aaron’s did; nobody can take on himself such a privilege as this. So it is with Christ. He did not raise Himself to the dignity of the high priesthood; it was God that raised Him to it, when He said, ‘Thou art My Son, I have begotten thee this day,’ and so, elsewhere, ‘Thou art a Priest for ever, in the line of Melchisedech.’ Christ, during His earthly life, offered prayer and entreaty to the God Who could save Him from death, not without a piercing cry, not without tears; yet with such piety as won Him a hearing. Son of God though He was, He learned obedience in the school of suffering, and now, His full achievement reached, He wins eternal salvation for all those who render obedience to Him. A High Priest in the line of Melchisedech, so God has called Him.”
Letter to the Hebrews, 5: 1-10
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