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Vatican City, Mar 26, 2014 \/ 05:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- In his weekly general audience Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the Sacraments, devoting today\u2019s discourse to those who receive Holy Orders, referring to it as a vocation of \u201cservice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThose who are ordained are placed at the head of the community as servants, as Jesus did and taught,\u201d the Pope observed in his March 26 general audience, adding that \u201cthe sacrament also helps them to passionately love the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAddressing the thousands of pilgrims gathered in a rainy St. Peter\u2019s Square to hear his speech, the pontiff began by explaining that \u201cIn our catechesis on the sacraments, we now turn to the sacrament of Holy Orders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBuilding on the vocation received in the sacraments of Christian initiation,\u201d which are \u201cBaptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist,\u201d the Pope explained that \u201cthe sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony correspond to two specific vocations and are two ways of following Christ and building up his Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tComprised of the three \u201cgrades\u201d of \u201cthe episcopate, the presbyterate and the diaconate,\u201d Pope Francis noted that Holy Orders \u201cis the sacrament of pastoral ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tRecalling how \u201cJesus entrusted his Apostles with the care of his flock,\u201d the pontiff emphasized that \u201cin every age the ordained make present in the Christian community the one Shepherd who is Christ,\u201d and that they are \u201cplaced at the head of the community as servants\u201d who follow Jesus\u2019 example.<\/p>\n

\tEmphasizing again the priest\u2019s role as servant, the Pope expressed that their lives should be full \u201cof passionate love for the Church, for whose purification and holiness the Lord gave himself completely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThey ought to devote \u201call of their being and love to the community,\u201d he continued, \u201cwhich they should not consider as their property,\u201d because \u201cit is the property of the Lord, whom they should serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn a final point, the pontiff voiced the necessity of those ordained to \u201crekindle the gift received\u201d on the day of their ordination \u201cthrough prayer, penance, and daily celebration of the Eucharist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhen the ordained minister does not nourish himself with prayer, listening to the Word, the continuous celebration of the Eucharist and frequently receiving the Sacrament of Penance, they end up losing the authentic meaning of service itself and the joy that derives from a profound communion with the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tConcluding his address, the Pope encouraged all present to pray for \u201cthe Church\u2019s ministers,\u201d particularly \u201cthose most in need of our prayers\u201d who experience \u201cdifficulty or need to recover the value and freshness of their vocation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe ask also that we our communities never lack\u201d holy, generous, merciful and \u201cauthentic shepherds, according the Heart of Christ,\u201d he prayed.<\/p>\n

\tAfter concluding his discourse, the Pope greeted groups of pilgrims present from various countries around the world, including those from the United Kingdom, England, Australia, Denmark, Malta, China, Japan, the United States, Spain, M\u00e9xico and Argentina.<\/p>\n

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