Fr. Christian Hbaiter: The Irrefutable Connection Between Obedience and Life in the Spirit
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By Fr. Christian Hbaiter, Catholic Exchange, June 9, 2025
Fr. Christian Hbaiter is a newly ordained Maronite Catholic priest of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn.
As a candidate for priesthood, I remember sitting down one evening in seminary and writing out my petition for Holy Orders to be sent to my bishop. Within this petition, and alongside it in a separate profession, I remember declaring a promise of obedience to the authority of the Church and Her teachings. This promise of obedience is also repeated before the congregation in the Church on ordination day as part of the rite. Its repetition indicates its significance in the life of a priest, for in each day and in every task set before him, a repeated call to obedience requires a repeated response.
The purpose and value of obedience in our world today seems to be skewed. Cries in culture loudly exclaim that obedience to oneself is all that is required and that true freedom comes from obeying one’s own desires, thoughts, and beliefs without succumbing to a system that may contradict those very desires, thoughts, and beliefs. …
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