11 June 2023
We are invited to rejoice in the many ways the Lord has of giving His
gifts. This excludes the logic which concludes that since the forgiveness given
a fellow Christian by a royal priest is no other forgiveness than given by a
pastor in Holy Absolution, royal priest and pastor are the same or differ only
in degree. To measure degrees and quantify is the way of the Law and turns away
from the Gospel and the gift given. Each gift is each its own precious gift
gladly to be received and not to be measured or diminished by its likeness or
unlikeness to another gift. Most precious is what can only be confessed of each
gift, its proprium.
Norman Nagel
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