The Priest is Not His Own [1 ed.]

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THE PRIEST NOT HIS OWN

IS

By Fulton The a

Priest Is

Not

Sheen

}.

Own

Ills

is

far

more than

for priests, or for those considering

book

the priesthood as a vocation. In these pene-

deeply pondered discussions of the priesthood. Bishop Fulton j. Sheen has protrating,

duced will

a

work

perhaps

book that hundreds of

of lasting value, a

many

change

and certainly a book that will also interest readers who have no direct conlives,

cern with the priesthood as a calling.

volume came while Bishop Sheen was writing his famed Life of Christ, and it was out of those “dark days,” Inspiration for this

as

he describes them, that the thoughts of

priesthood, illumined by the

the Savior, were

first

ision of Christ

formulated.

work was based on the

Just as the earlier

thesis that Christ offered

but Himself, so

\

this

in

Sheen envisages the

no other

new

priest as a

sacrifice

book. Bishop

man

sacrific-

ing himself in the prolongation of Christ’s Incarnation.

Bishop Sheen writes of

how

all

priests

Old Testament offered victims distinct from themsehes, such as lambs. But in Christ and the Christian conception, priest and victim are united in-

whether pagan or

in the

separably.

profound knowledge of Scripture, Bishop Sheen is able to describe the exact and true significance of the indi-

Drawing on

his

vidual priest, and in vibrant detail, his constant,

unending

He

writes,

priests:

1

sacrifice

“God

have

set

—

still

as victim.

thunders

to

his

watchmen, Jerusalem, (continued on back flap)

jacket design

by muriel naSsser

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The

Priest Is

Not His

Own

Books by Bishop Sheen God and

Seven Words of Jesus and Mary

God

Religion without

The

Love One Another

Intelligence

Life of All Living

Characters of the Passion

The Divine Romance

New

Old Errors and

Preface to Religion

Labels

Son of Mary

Jesus,

Communism and

Moods and Truths

West

of the

The

Way

the Conscience

of the Cross

The Seven Last Words

Philosophy of Religion

Peace of Soul

Hymn

Conquered

of the

Up Your

Lift

The

Three Mystical

Body

of Christ

Calvary and the Mass

The Moral Universe The Cross and

the Beatitudes

The Cross and

the Crisis

and Fraternity

Liberty, Equality

The Rainbow

to

Get Married

of Science

The Philosophy

The

Heart

Eternal Gahlean

Sorrow

of

The World’s

First

Love

Life

Is

Worth

Living, First Series

Life

Is

Worth

Living, Second Series

Thinking Life Through, Third Series Is

Worth

Living, Fourth Series

Life Is

Worth

Living, Fifth Series

Life

Life of Christ

Victory over Vice

Way

to

Happiness

Whence Come Wars

Way

to

Inner Peace

The Seven

God Love You

Virtues

For God and Country of Christmas

The True Meaning

The Declaration

of

Dependence

The Divine Verdict

God

of

Philosophies at

Seven

Is

Rome

(with Morton and Karsh)

Peace

Seven Words

for Daily Living

This Is the Mass (with Daniel-Rops and Karsh) This

God and War

The Armor

Thoughts

War

to the Cross

Pillars of

Peace

This Is the Holy Land (with Morton and Karsh)

These are the Sacraments (with Karsh)

Go

to

The

Heaven

Priest Is

Not His

Own

BY THE MOST REVEREND

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THE PRIEST

IS

NOT

HIS

OWN

1963 by Fulton J. Sheen. All Rights Reserved. parts Printed in the United States of America. This part or written thereof may not be reproduced in any form without

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permission of the publishers.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-15896 First Edition

56535

NIHIL OBSTAT Austin B. Vaughan, S.T.D., Censor Librorum

IMPRIMATUR Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of

New

York:

April 11, 1963

New

\ork.

Mary

To

WHO MOTHERED CHRIST

BOTH PRIEST AND VICTIM

AND WHO MOTHERS ALL PRIESTS

BOTH OFFERERS AND OFFERED

WITH HER DIVINE SON This Book

Is

Dedicated

THAT SHE MAY, THROUGH THESE PAGES WHISPER TO US AS AT CANA

“whatsoever he SHALL SAY TO YOU, DO YE“