{"id":342,"date":"2016-12-16T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:01:11","slug":"holy-orders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/holy-orders.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1310 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/holy-orders-255x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/holy-orders-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/holy-orders.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>When we speak of the seven sacraments worth noting is that only one of the seven sacraments is plural.\u00a0 That sacrament is Holy Orders.\u00a0 What are the three levels of orders?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Deacons<\/u><\/strong> are men ordained by the bishop to serve.\u00a0 Deacons in the Latin Church may baptize, read the Gospel, preach the homily, assist the bishop or priest in the celebration of the Eucharist, assist at marriages, and preside at funerals (outside the context of Mass).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Priests<\/u><\/strong> \u201care united with the bishops in the priestly dignity and at the same time depend on them in the exercise of their pastoral functions; they are called to be the bishops\u2019 prudent co-workers\u201d (Catechism of the Catholic Church, number 1595).\u00a0 Priests serve God\u2019s people in the work of sanctification by their preaching, teaching, and offering the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist and the forgiving of sins.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Bishops<\/u><\/strong> are normally ordained to teach, to sanctify and to govern a diocese or local church; a bishop is a successor of the Apostles.\u00a0 The office of episcopacy (bishop) is the highest of the three levels of Holy Orders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If anyone is considering a vocation as Permanent Deacon or Priesthood, please contact one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/staff-and-clergy-directory\/\">priests <\/a>at Resurrection Catholic Church.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we speak of the seven sacraments worth noting is that only one of the seven sacraments is plural.\u00a0 That sacrament is Holy Orders.\u00a0 What are the three levels of orders? Deacons are men ordained by the bishop to serve.\u00a0 Deacons in the Latin Church may baptize, read the Gospel, preach the homily, assist the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6807,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/342\/revisions\/6807"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}