Human priest Divine mission

The texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary today celebrate the Presence of the Divine in ways that highlight the mystery of this relationship. The letter to the Hebrews documents the nature of Jesus as high priest who is able to bring the promises of the Covenant to humanity without the burden of sin that is a challenge for every human priest. The sacrifice of the sinful priest for the sins of humanity is changed to the sacrifice of the Son according to the will of the Father for the sins of humanity. This is a one for all sacrifice which paradoxically has effect in all time. The psalmist reveals some of the timelessness of this relationship in the declaration that the law of God is written on the hearts of humanity. The resonance of the indwelling Spirit with the Divine takes us to an understanding, for now as through a glass darkly, of our need for the priestly action to feed us with the Word as Jesus is shown in Mark’s Gospel doing with A Multitude at the Lakeside . The account from Mark shows tensions between the Priest who brings Word of life with eternal significance and the “healing Priest” who brings comfort and healing to the afflicted today. Living this tension is the daily walk in Faith.