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Edited by Fr Lawrence Ogundipe SDV  Ordination is the sacramental ceremony in which a man becomes a deacon, priest, or bishop and is enabled to minister in Christ's name and that of the Church. There are three Levels of the Sacrament of Holy Orders: diaconate; priesthood; and episcopal, and the rites of ordination differs according to the three levels although some elements remain the same, what then happens during the ordination of a Bishop?  WHO IS A BISHOP?  Bishop is the title of an ecclesiastical dignitary who possesses the fullness of the priesthood to rule a diocese as its chief pastor, in due submission to the primacy of the pope.The bishop, who has the fullest of orders, has a three-fold ministry of prophet, priest and shepherd.  RITE OF CONSECRATION OF A BISHOP  It is important to first of all note that, the Code of Canon Law states that:  "The minister of sacred ordination is a consecrated bishop" (Can. 1012). It therefore follows that a Bishop i...

  This question was raised during the celebration of the Nativity of mother Mary in 2021 at mass. Let's go into history to unravel how old she would had celebrated if she was physically with us today 8th September 2024.  Some apocryphal accounts state that at the time of her betrothal to Joseph, Mary was 12–14 years old. According to ancient Jewish custom, Mary could have been betrothed at about 12. Hyppolitus of Thebes says that Mary lived for 11 years after the death of her son Jesus, dying in 41 AD. Some ancient authors said that she gave birth to Jesus at 16. Now let's calculate  Jesus lived 30 years with Mary and worked for 3 years with his apostles meaning he died at 33. Hence 16 +33 + 2024 = 2073 So we arrived at her age with historical information from the Sacred tradition that could only be found in the Catholic Church  Am proud to be a Catholic  Happy 2073th  birthday to mother Mary Fr law SDV