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Father Henri Caffarel said there is “an affinity between marriage and the priesthood,<\/em>” “a mysterious correspondence between Holy Orders and Marriage,<\/em>” two sacraments at the service of communion within the Church.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/mediadoc\/2025\/12\/fond-principal-2.png” custom_padding=”50px|50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px||20px||true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/mediadoc\/2025\/12\/pretre-et-foyer.jpg” title_text=”priest-and-home” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” animation_intensity_zoom=”10%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_vertical=”32px” box_shadow_blur=”100px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.15)” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#2F5EAA” custom_margin=”50px||||false|false” custom_padding=”35px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” header_2_font_size_tablet=”” header_2_font_size_phone=”” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”#fea060 0%|#fb6f62 100%” max_width=”100px” module_alignment=”left” max_height=”3px” custom_margin=”-20px||37px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]Father Henri Caffarel attached great importance to the presence of the priest within Teams of Our Lady and alongside families. As both a sign and the presence of Christ, he is part of the Team in a different way. He is at the service of conjugal love, the Magisterium, and communion. For the priest, the Team is a source of joy, emotional balance, and pastoral experience. This is how Father Henri Caffarel presented the presence of the priest as a spiritual counselor within a Team of Our Lady.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,3_5,1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/nkdifGN-xjw?si=VVIfST_BRuVPjp3i” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”30px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”#fea060 0%|#fb6f62 100%” max_width=”100px” module_alignment=”left” max_height=”3px” custom_margin=”-20px||37px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n For Father Henri Caffarel, it is through the priest that Christ “continues to exercise his priestly activity<\/em>.” Thus, in reference to Christ’s mission as mediator among men, the same term applies to the priest. The priest “is the man who stands in the middle, not to separate but to unite, the man who goes from the One to others, from God to men, to bring about a reconciliation and a covenant<\/em>.”<\/p>\n “For those who know Christ and his teaching, recourse to the priestly ministry is not optional: it is through priestly action and the sacraments that Christ reaches them and communicates the Holy Spirit who “teaches them all things<\/em>,” “pours charity into their hearts<\/em>,” “prays within them: Abba, Father<\/em>.”<\/p>\n Father Henri Caffarel worked and wrote extensively to develop “a spirituality of the married Christian.” To the greatness of the sacrament of marriage corresponds the greatness of the sacrament of Holy Orders. “This priest who forgives you in the sacrament of penance, who announces the Word of God, who blesses\u2014do you believe, yes or no, that through him it is a current action of the ever-living Christ that reaches you?<\/em>“<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#2F5EAA” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blog fullwidth=”off” include_categories=”39″ show_thumbnail=”off” show_more=”on” show_author=”off” show_date=”off” show_categories=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blog][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Priest and the CoupleFather Henri Caffarel said there is “an affinity between marriage and the priesthood,” “a mysterious correspondence between Holy Orders and Marriage,” two sacraments at the service of communion within the Church.The Couple, the Teams of Our Lady, and the PriestFather Henri Caffarel attached great importance to the presence of the priest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":234193,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-234331","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234331"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235048,"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234331\/revisions\/235048"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Couple, the Teams of Our Lady, and the Priest<\/h2>\n
The Sacrament of Holy Orders: the Priest’s Mission<\/h2>\n
What unites the two Sacraments of Holy Orders and Marriage?<\/h3>\n
Find out more<\/h2>\n