Ronald Witherup discusses the threefold priestly ministry by using three analogies: the priest as poet, sage, and teacher. However, three chapters seem to be only preaching-and-teaching oriented. He mentions the expected order of vocabulary in PDV #26: “the ministry of word, sacrament and pastoral charity” to match with the order of the threefold roles: prophet, priest, and king. The three analogies help to re-imagine a concrete picture of priestly expectation for the ministry of the Word.
It is interesting enough to see the expectations developed in priestly models today because when Jesus chooses disciples, they are all ordinary people without specialty/competence at all. The strong lesson that Jesus asks the disciple is to be persevere,
It is interesting enough to see the expectations developed in priestly models today because when Jesus chooses disciples, they are all ordinary people without specialty/competence at all. The strong lesson that Jesus asks the disciple is to be persevere,