Daily Office 01/19/09 Psalm Reading

Responsorial PsalmPs 110:1, 2, 3, 4R. (4b) Daily Office for January 19, 2009

You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at my right handtill I make your enemies your footstool.”
R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:“Rule in the midst of your enemies.”
R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

“Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you.”
R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:“You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

The Catholic Church teaches that Christ is a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. Likewise, all Catholic ordained priests participate in this same royal priesthood. This was one of the many aspects of Catholic teaching that convinced me that the Roman Catholic Church was the Church founded by Christ. The Priesthood is continued forever by Apostolic Succession.