So today is my
tenth anniversary of ordination. I find myself quite at a loss for words,
uncharacteristically, and can only say that I have a heart full of nothing but
gratitude to God for allowing me to be in this most sublime and awesome
vocation. Thank you, God.
Probably my lack
of words is also connected to the fact that this is my last blog post for a
couple of weeks, as I depart on my annual vacation tomorrow. Blogging will
resume as normal on September 21.
Meanwhile, since
I am a man without words today, here are some things I’ve written in the past
on priesthood and my own call to it that say what I would say if I had anything
to say!
Here are my
thoughts on the
day I was ordained.
And here are my
reflections on Catherine
Doherty’s sense of the priesthood.
Here are my
reflections, with Pope Francis, on being
a minister of God’s mercy.
Finally, here is
what I believe
it is all about, not only priesthood, but life in Christ, and it is to this
reality and this mystery that my life is pledged, poor enough job that I make
of it most of the time.
And so, besides those four last words (for now), I leave you with one of my favorite choral pieces which expresses what is really in my heart ten years later. ‘Praise the name of the Lord, praise the Lord, you servants of His, alleluia.’