tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673639169019002933.post2636742644895134622..comments2023-10-06T06:09:38.689-07:00Comments on Salve Regina: Sacraments and Graceparamedicgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524363951843887071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673639169019002933.post-46560578535807810572007-10-26T05:57:00.000-07:002007-10-26T05:57:00.000-07:00When reading Trent correctly, in its context, havi...When reading Trent correctly, in its context, having an unworthy priest giving the sacraments to unknowing Catholics is an exception, an extra-ordinary situation that the faithful are unaware of. But it is not the "rule." <BR/>Today in the Catholic Church it seems it has become the rule and the faithful don't care because they just think, "Hey, I'm getting the sacraments regardless."<BR/><BR/>Dave318@Niceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868995577231032951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673639169019002933.post-86011998139102745012007-10-25T23:06:00.000-07:002007-10-25T23:06:00.000-07:00"I often hear talk on Catholic Answers Forums that..."I often hear talk on Catholic Answers Forums that even though a priest may be offering Mass unworthily (in a state of mortal sin) that you still receive the same graces you would as if you received the sacraments from a priest who is in a state of sanctifying grace."<BR/><BR/>This statement is not entirely correct. On one hand it is the embodiment of the teaching of the Church, that in the Mass, Christ our High Priest offers Himself to the Father. Since it is Christ, the effects of the Mass proceed ex opere operato i.e. by the ACT performed. And so the unworthiness of the priest has nothing to do with it. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand there is a teaching of the Church about all the "active" participators. "Active" referring to those present (priest, servers, people) as opposed to "passive", those for whom the Mass is offered without knowledge or wishes. The efficacy and application of the Mass also have an an opere operantis (from the agent i.e. the person) dimension. <BR/><BR/>Considering the Mass from this dimension, there will be chief graces and fruits that have come from the Mass opere operato but there will be lacking the other graces and fruit that come opere operantis out of the piety of the celebrant if the celebrant is unworthy. <BR/><BR/>AVRitualisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807118138197606155noreply@blogger.com