“We all need to be renewed, not just the priests but all of us people of God. We need to summon the Holy Spirit once again to anoint us, to animate,” Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula said.
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula encouraged the Filipino faithful to renew their faith during the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday.
“We all need to be renewed, not just the priests but all of us people of God. We need to summon the Holy Spirit once again to anoint us, to animate,” he said. “Why do we do this? Why do priests have to publicly renew their priestly promises every year? Does it mean that there is an expiration to their promises? And how about the holy oils, do they lose their efficacy or power after a year? Do they cease to be sacred or holy? After some time? The answer, of course, is no,” Advincula said.
He said priests are also human who may “forget and lose zeal for the mission,” as well as the oils may lose "their fragrance and effective material qualities.”
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