Sunday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time

We pray through Ordinary Time with a Morning Offering that places our whole day into Jesus’ hands through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We then reflect on a classic teaching that Christ is anointed by the Holy Spirit to be both king and priest forever, and we close with direct, simple devotions. 
• opening prayers and doxology that set a focused tone 
• Morning Offering for sins, loved ones, and the Holy Father’s intentions 
• teaching from Faustus Luciferanus on Jesus as true king and true priest 
• why Melchizedek matters for a priesthood that is not inherited 
• the Holy Spirit as the “oil of gladness” that anoints the one Christ 
• Scripture support from Isaiah and Peter in Acts on anointing and power 
• closing collect, entrustment through Mary, and brief devotions 

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Transcript

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Sunday,

Opening Prayer And Doxology

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in the twelfth week of ordinary time. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O

Morning Offering For The Day

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my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen. From a

Christ As King And Priest

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treatise on the Trinity by Faustus Luciferanus, priest. Our Savior received a bodily anointing, and so became a true king and a true priest. Both king and priest he was of his very self. A savior could be nothing less. Hear in his own words how he himself became a king. I have been appointed king by God on Zion, his holy mountain. Hear in the Father's words that he was a priest, you are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek. Aaron was the first under the law to be made a priest by being anointed with chrism. Yet the father does not say in the line of Aaron, lest it be believed that the Savior's priesthood could be passed on by inheritance, for at that time Aaron's priesthood was transmitted by lineal descent, but the Savior's priesthood is not inherited because this priest lives on forever. Therefore Scripture says, You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek. There is therefore a Savior in the flesh, who is both a king and a priest, though his anointing was not physical, but spiritual. Among the Israelites, those kings and priests who were actually anointed with oil, were either kings or priests. No man could be both king and priest. He had to be one or the other. Only Christ was both king and priest, because he had come to fulfill the law. He alone possessed the twofold perfection of kingship and priesthood. Those who had been anointed with the oil of kingship or priesthood, although they received only one of these anointings, were called Messiahs. Our Savior, however, who is the Christ, was anointed by the Holy Spirit, so that the passage in Scripture might be fulfilled. God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness and raised you above your companions. The difference then between the one Christ and the many Christs is the anointing, since he was anointed with the oil of gladness, which signifies nothing other than the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah And Peter On Anointing

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This we know to be true from the Savior Himself. When he took the book of Isaiah, he opened it and read, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me. He then said that the prophecy was fulfilled in the hearing of those listening. Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, also taught that the chrism which made the Savior a Christ was the Holy Spirit, that is to say, the power of God. When, in the Acts of the Apostles, Peter spoke to that faithful and merciful man, the centurion, he said, among other things, After the baptism which John preached, Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, started out in Galilee and travelled about performing powerful miracles and freeing all who were possessed by the devil. So, you see that Peter too said that Jesus in his humanity was anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power. Thus, Jesus in his humanity truly became the Christ. By the anointing of the Holy Spirit, he was made both king and priest forever. See how great is the one who comes to save the nations. He is the king of justice whose reign will never end. For our sake, Jesus went before us into heaven, and he has become a high priest forever in the line of Melchizedek. He is the King of justice, whose reign will never end.

Closing Collect And Devotions

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Grant, O Lord, that we may always revere and love your holy name, for you never deprive of your guidance those you set firm on the foundation of your love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. If you

How To Join The Cristeros

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found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful, and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theCristeros.org.