Quotes about Priest
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
— Hebrews 7:1
Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
— Hebrews 7:3
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
— Hebrews 7:15
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
— Hebrews 7:16
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
— Hebrews 7:17
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
— Hebrews 7:21
And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
— Hebrews 8:3
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
— Hebrews 8:4
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
— Hebrews 10:11
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
— Hebrews 10:12
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
— Hebrews 10:21
It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses.
— Pope Benedict XVI