Welcome back to our meditations. We took a day
off to celebrate Blessed Iwene Tansi. On today’s reading from the Letter the
Hebrews, the author continues to explain the assurance of hope we have in
Christ Jesus and gives more reason why we should draw close to Him. “Brethren:
Jesus is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through Him,
since He always lives to make intercession for them.” Jesus’ intercession as
our High Priest does not fail because He is holy, blameless, unstained,
separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens! Thus, He does not need to
repeat His sacrifice, but offered it once for all. He was made the perfect High
Priest forever.
“Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord.” The priesthood of Jesus is different from the hereditary priesthood of the law. Hence, Jesus Christ has obtained for us a ‘ministry of priesthood’, which is more excellent than the priesthood of old, since the covenant which this new priesthood mediates on is established on better promises.
Therefore, we should more eagerly keep Jesus in our view as the crowds did in the Gospel. Hearing all the miracles He performed, just as we heard how excellent His priesthood is, the crowds would not let Jesus get off their sight; anywhere He went, they followed. The sick were healed and evil spirits were cast out. Such are the graces the one sacrifice of His priesthood bestows. Amen.
Fr Jude Chinwenwa Nwachukwu,C.Ss.R
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic
Church,
Tedi-Muwo, Lagos.
Thursday January 21, 2021.
Memorial of Saint Agnes.
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