Melchizedek!!!

Here is a name that we see in the Old and New Testament and hear whenever Eucharistic Prayer I is used at Mass: "Look with favor on these offerings and accept them as once you accepted the gifts of your servant Abel, the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith, and the bread and wine offered by your Melchisedech." Obviously there are two different ways to spell this name, but it is for the same person. The first reading from Mass today, Hebrews 7:1-3,15-17, talks about Melchizedek who was the king of Salem and priest of God Most High. The passage goes on to say that without any family or ancestry, Melchizedek is made to resemble the Son of God and does remain a priest forever. Even the Psalmist says in Psalm 110 "You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek." As ordained priests, we receive an indelible mark or sacramental seal on our soul, which says that we are a priest forever. Like Melchizedek, we proclaim the word and offer the gifts of bread and wine which truly become for us at Mass, the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Let us continue to pray for our priests, that God will bless them, and may they always live with the promise that they are priests forever in the line of Melchizedek. Have a Blessed day!!!