January 20 - Monday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.5:1-10; Ps.110:1-4; Mk.2:18-22) “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” Without beginning or end is the holy priesthood of our Lord; high above all sacrifices reigns His own. “Taken from among men” is Jesus our high priest “and made [our] representative before God.” Like others He is in this respect; yet the “gifts and sacrifices” He offers are infinitely greater than any that have ever been, for it is Himself He lifts up for our sins. “He is Himself beset by weakness,” though not His own; He is Himself pierced for transgression, though not of His making – and…
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