The Bestowal of the Office
The most solemn moment of the rite of ordination has arrived, the moment in which that wonderful transformation takes place in the soul of the ordinand, which makes him "Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." The bishop imposes his hands without saying a prayer, and after him all priests present do the same. All is hushed in silenced - as if the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit come down in visible form to take possession of His elect: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me (Is. 61:1).
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