Wedding bells ring so loudly
Mass today was pretty awesome. It was officiated by the Archbishop because they were installing a new priest, Fr. Brian Schreiber. I liked him a lot. I’ll prolly keep going to Most Pure Heart because they have an 11:30 service, I like the priest, and it’s convenient. Of course, Christ the King is more convenient and their preist is nice too… but i just kind of like the service and the people better at Most Pure Heart. You can tell that they still really care. I would go to assumption still but I kind of want to start doing any earlier mass. I want to pretend to be a grown-up.
Anyway, the point of this entry is that the Archbishop explained the role of the priest and the importance of celibacy during the homily which is when he installs the new priest to show the importance of the priest to the eucharist ritual and the importance of the eucharist to the church. So… install he did. And he talked about how priests stay celibate because the role of the husband/father means that the husband must consult the wife before any changes which would affect the entire family. I really pictured the husband and wife as one coherent unit when he said that and I think it really helped my love of the Catholic church. Obviously, it’s not that the primary concern of the husband should not be Christ as well… it’s just that being a priest frees you from the obligation of marriage. I think that the Catholic view on this really reflects the importance of the marital bond moreso than perhaps other churches. And I’d never really thought of celibacy in the priesthood as being something which reaffirms the strength and power of the marriage but it turns out it does.
I think I’ll really like the new priest a lot… and it was fun to meet the archbishop as well. They had priest cookies at the reception after mass!!! haha. they were like little gingerbread shaped sugar cookies with priest suits drawn on. I’d have eaten them but the suits looked markered in and I didn’t trust them… esp cos they were laying on the table not on plates. Still. Adorable. I think every Catholic function from now on should have priest cookies.