No, the priest is Christ offering Himself to the Father
Is this why you accept everything they tell you? You think they are Christ?
I'll take your question at face value, though it is somewhat offensive.
We are quite capable of understanding that Father Paul or Fahter Bob are not Jesus. They are different persons with different personalities.
However, they are priests. Which means that they all share in the One Priesthood of Jesus Christ. Which means that their function is to act as Christ would act, in service to the Church.
Which means that they should strive to be as Jesus, to live as He would at all times. Of course, no man can do this perfectly. But that is their calling.
No matter how well or poorly the given man emulates the life of Christ, when the priest performs a sacramental function (hearing confessions, annointing the sick, celebrating communion) He is literally doing the work of Christ on earth. He is the hands of Christ in the world. For the sacramental function, the priest stands in for Christ.
The priest becomes a channel whereby the power of Christ works through him. When Father Paul forgives my sins, it is not as himself. It is as Christ that he pronounces the forgiveness. When Father Bob brings about the Body and Blood of Christ on the altar during Mass, it is not because of Bob's power or holiness. It is because Father Bob becomes a vessel for Christ to work His Miracle in this time and place.
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