One of these acceptable gifts is the life of the priest. This was the startling contrast Jesus had in mind as He spoke to the Samaritan woman. It has nothing to do with the performing of rituals at a designated place at a designated time by designated priest representatives. The place for new covenant worship is everywhere. The priests of the new covenant are every one of God's new covenant worshipers.
Every believer is authorized to offer up acceptable worship in Spirit and in truth.
This has reference to what new covenant worshipers do in the everyday courses of their lives. This is what the Holy Spirit has revealed about true worship. Ritualistic observances left the scene when Jesus was nailed to the cross. His death blotted out ritualistic ordinances and nailed them to the cross. Certainly they are, but not for the purposes many ascribe to them.