Early last week - in one of the Evangelion readings in one of the days
before Pesaha, Indian Orthodox Christians heard from the pulpit the
words of the High Priest Caiaphas "It is better for one man to die than
to let the whole nation perish". Those words were prophetic. That was
the exact reason the Son of God became Man - to die Himself so that
the entire world did not perish. Even when he was plotting against the
Creator, even though he was one of the main villains in the story of the
crucifixion of the Lord, Caiaphas's mouth spoke the deep truth, even
unknown by him. Caiaphas, despite all his actions, was after all the
High Priest who entered the Holy of the Holies.
If Ciaphas's words, even when He was making the case against the Lord, turned out to be prophecy - then the words of the priests and High Priests ordained by God in the Church need to be listened to with great attention and reverence - because God will be using their mouths and their thoughts from time to time to prophecy about His plans in the parish, in the diocese, in the Church and in the world; despite the human frailities of these individuals, and often without their own knowledge.
(April 2013)
If Ciaphas's words, even when He was making the case against the Lord, turned out to be prophecy - then the words of the priests and High Priests ordained by God in the Church need to be listened to with great attention and reverence - because God will be using their mouths and their thoughts from time to time to prophecy about His plans in the parish, in the diocese, in the Church and in the world; despite the human frailities of these individuals, and often without their own knowledge.
(April 2013)
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