“The sacrament of Ordination, in the literal sense, is the act of being made a priest and officially taking up the life task of channelling the sacred. We all want our contributions to other people’s lives to be valuable and meaningful, feel that what we do is sacred. (In Buddhism this is called Right Livelihood.) No matter our life’s task – healer, parent, scientist, farmer, good friend – we can become vessels to Divine energy. Symbolically, we attain ordination when those with whom we live or work recognize that the contributions we make are beneficial to their personal or spiritual growth. Striving to become supportive and nonjudgmental of the people with whom we live or work also creates a channel within us for Divine energy. People who radiate this supportiveness and love are rightly recognized as possessing ordained energy. They are vessels of Divine intervention.

Each one of us has the potential to become such a Divine channel, to be of service, to others by reflecting sacred energy, which is a contemporary definition of priesthood.”