The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
ORDINATION OF PRIEST
SOLEMN CEREMONY AT sT. PIE.
 TIERS CHURCH TOMORROW.
Rev. MT. Costello will Be Raised by Bishop Allen of Mobile, Who WiH Reach hasAxontgOmery
 This Evening.

Tomorrow morning at o'clock the most sublime ceremony of the Catholic Church. that of ordination to the priesthood, will be conducted In St. Peters.
 Rev. MT. Costello, who received sup deaconship and deaconship last Sep | tember. will be ordained a priest to- morrow by Right Rev. E. J. Allen, D.D., Rishon of the Catholic diocese of Mo- bile. assisted by q number or his dio- cesan priests. The occasion Will De a 1 noteworthy one, as an ordination m the Catholic Church is grand ana m spiring sacramental rite. The powers of the priesthood are chiefly two--the power to offer sacrifice and the power 10 forgive sins Sacrifice has been al- ] ways inseparable from religion The relations of the creator with the erea- ture from the earliest days have been marked with appropriate sacrinciai services. Sacrifice alone expresses the complete dependence of man and' the absolute dominion of God to whom alone the homage of adoring sacrifice is due. ..,
 distorted notions of the deity recos- nized this fundamental law or peing.
 They had their priests ,a,,pn ana prreseesTss Tbe coming of the Redeemer changed the old order of things. The manner or sacrifice was abrogated. but not the sacrifice itself. Christ, having onered Himself upon the cross as an ooiatlon for the sins of men. He gave Him self a Redemption for all q. Tit; z-o'G
 wished to perpetuate the sacrifice in His church. The Messianio, prophecies
 relate to this. Thou art a priest for ever according to the order Of Mel chisedech," (Psalms 109. D. For from the rising of the sun even to the goins
 down, my name is great among the
 Gentiles. and in every place there is sacrifice and there is offered 10 My
 name a clean oblation tMal l. 1O. The "order of Me1chesedech" was the order of bread and wine, and under the ennaarances of bread and wine, Throughout the Catholic world, rom inc rising of the sun even to the going down in every place there IS
 uor-ieoe" of the Body and Blood of
 Christ really present in accordance sIth inc command of Christ to Ills anostles at the Last Supper, when ne
 ahanged bread and wine into His Own
 Precious Body and Blood, to do as He
 had just done-"Do this for com
 meuoration of me" lSt. Luxe, zz-1sl'
 Thus the sacrifice of the cross IS con
 .,.,,ad in the mass of the Catholic
 Cburch. and side by side with this pow
 a, over the real Body of the saviour
 inc priesthood of the church involves the other power--power over tne nys.
 tical body or the church as containeo
 in the power of forgiving ana retalhIns
 sins. Christ sent HIS minls oe a
 only to preach forgiveness, put 70 az.
 tuaIly forgive. He not only preacneo
 forgiyeness Himself but he actually
 torgave sins, as is evident from the
 healing of the man sick or the paisy'
 told in the ninth chapter Of st' Ma.
 thew and other examples in Hls puoilc
 rrjnistry. What He had done Christ
 Illa,,,oanded His ministers to do-"as tSa Father hath sent me, also send
 ,,o,, when He had said this ne Sreathed upon them, and He said 10 them: Receive ye the Holy Gnost, whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and whose sins you shall retain. they are retained (st.
 Iohn. 20-21). Therefore the ministers of Christ were not only to preach for o.iveness, but to actually forgive by Divine commission. -.
 The divine prerogatives of forgivlng sins and offering sacrifice are coexist- ent with the formation Of the CatnoHc Church. They are conferred tooay m Inc same fullness of authority as In the days of the apostles, and their d. ,,jne origin is vindicated by Catholic theology and practice. An ordir ation ia accordingly singularly solemn ana iunpreSSiVe, It's reatureS UeInE ShheHNOu hv a wealth of ceremony and inspiring musical chant. A very cordial invita- tion is extended to the public to De present at the service.
 Rev. MT. Costello reached Montgom- cry last night accompanied by Rev. E. F. Mcsweeny, S. T. D., Professor of Moral Theology, Canon Law and Ec- cIesiasiical History at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Emmetsburg. Md. Dr. Me sw4eny is a distinguished scholar and educator who has travelled extensively in Europe and the Holy Land and is widely known Gs a popular writer Of great versatility and vast research. He riII assist at the ordination Friday n,orning and will preach at the 10:So o'clock solemn high mass Christmas Snorning This mass will be Father HoetelIo's first mass. The sermon will Ho apropos of the occasion.
 Right Rev. Bishop Allen will arrive this evening and, with the visiting nTiest, will attend an entertainment to he given at o'clock by the pupils of inc Loretto Academy in the hall of the academy.
 CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
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