ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 26th of August WELCOME! SAINT MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF SALEM Saint Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High. He blessed Abram with these words: Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth... Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. ( Genesis 14:18-19 , 20) Saint Melchizedek briefly appears in the Old Testament as a priest-king who brought gifts and a blessing to Abram (later called Abraham). He was the king of "Salem," a town which many generations later became Jerusalem. The origin of the order of Melchizedek’s priesthood is not specified. The writer of Psalm 110 asserts that Melchizedek is a priest forever. THE EXTRAORDINARY PRIESTHOOD OF MELCHIZEDEK The biblical Book of Hebrews makes the connection between Melchizedek and Jesus. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1544) explains that the extraordinary priesthood of Melchizedek is tra...