Every man is called to this same mission—to imitate Jesus’ priestly act upon the cross by offering his body and blood for the sanctification of the world. A man’s discernment isn’t whether or not he should be a priest, but how God is calling him to be a priest—as an ordained priest to the Church, or as a spiritual priest to his family—the domestic church, or as a single man to transform society and culture from within. Spiritual priesthood, then, is the male counterpart to spiritual
Page 128