"For all, regenerated in Christ, are made
kings by the sign of the cross; they are consecrated priests by the oil of the
Holy Spirit, so that beyond the special service of our ministry as priests, all
spiritual and mature Christians know that they are a royal race and are sharers
in the office of the priesthood. For what is more king-like than to find
yourself ruler over your body after having surrendered your soul to God? And
what is more priestly than to promise the Lord a pure conscience and to offer him
in love unblemished victims on the altar of one’s heart?"
— St. Leo the Great
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