Understanding Your Threefold Mission as a Baptized Catholic – Jun 14 – Homily – Fr Bernard

 

Fr. Bernard M. Salter, FI gives the homily for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Jun 14, 2026) explaining the threefold priestly, prophetic, and kingly character that every Christian receives through Baptism.

Father challenges us to live out our baptismal vocation by offering ourself as a living sacrifice, bearing witness to the truth, governing our life according to God's will, and praying fervently for priestly and religious vocations.

Index
00:00 - A Kingdom of Priests
00:52 - Baptismal vs. Ministerial Priesthood
02:24 - The Priestly Character: Offering Sacrifice
03:55 - The Prophetic Character: Witnessing to Truth
05:27 - The Kingly Character: Governing Oneself
08:03 - Praying for Vocations to the Harvest
10:09 - Our Lady's Unique Union with Christ
11:25 - Living Out the Free Gift of Baptism

Scriptural and Catechetical resources
Exodus 19:6 – Israel called as a holy priestly nation – https://airmaria.com/go/7eRVBy
Romans 12:1 – Offering our bodies as a living sacrifice – https://airmaria.com/go/wXusWE
Matthew 9:38 – Praying for vocations to the abundant harvest – https://airmaria.com/go/jqdhrw
CCC 1268 – The baptized share in Christ's threefold mission – https://airmaria.com/go/CU8gA5
CCC 1546 – The common and ministerial priesthoods of Christ – https://airmaria.com/go/xhZmSe
Clergy – Baptismal priesthood shares in Christ's as royal holy people – https://airmaria.com/go/tkzjF9
Commission – Council renewed common priesthood with deep biblical foundations – https://airmaria.com/go/MWm3re
Pope John Paul II 1979 – Christ makes faithful a kingdom of priests to God – https://airmaria.com/go/PTsnUM
II – Baptized consecrated as spiritual house and holy priesthood – https://airmaria.com/go/MPe36c
– Christ's priesthood transmitted to Church via baptismal consecration – https://airmaria.com/go/2Q8hUs

Ave Maria!

Mass: 11st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday
Readings:  - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/061426.cfm
1st: Exodus 19:2-6 - AT MOUNT SINAI
Resp: Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 5 - Jubilate Deo
2nd: Romans 5:6-11 - Peace and Hope
Gsp: Matthew 36, 10:8 - Commissioning of the Apostles

More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=771

Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3nYdcMdvWY