"Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec."
This priesthood is "for ever," because the oblation continues for ever in heaven and on earth.
The eternal sacrifice as it goes on amongst us, is according to the order of Melchisedec, under the forms of bread and wine.
This is the "clean oblation" (of flour), which the prophet said would be offered among the Gentiles in every place, from the rising of the sun to its setting (Mal. i, 11). Venerate Our Lord as the eternal Priest, always offering the sacrifice of the Mass, invisibly but really, and inviting you to be present at it. There is no event so holy or so efficacious on earth; nothing that corresponds so exactly with the actual facts of heaven.
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