April 29, 2007: Fourth Sunday of Easter - 27 days until ordination

I am at the Cathedral Basilica for the weekend. Simply being at the parish is enjoyable for me, but in these last couple of weeks of my ministry here I find even greater joy and anticipation. I see that this is what awaits me as a priest. I join the faithful in prayer, I reveal Jesus Christ himself in the Blessed Sacrament for adoration by the people. I assist at a baptism bringing a young soul into the Church for Christ. I serve as the deacon at the Mass watching the priest change simply bread and wine into the True and Real Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. I assist at a Confirmation when the Holy Spirit strengthens these young adults to be full members of the Church. I even assist at a funeral when we commit the soul of one of God's faithful into His caring hands.

How can these glorious and awe-inspiring activities not fill me with a passion for ordination. They drive me and inflame me with the desire to embrace the sacerdotal priesthood. They confirm my call to serve God as a priest forever.

God is great...all the time. All the time...God is great. Until tomorrow...God bless.

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