We have entered into the last full week of our pilgrimage
journey. This is a weighty sentence to
write. The next several days will see us
thinking and turning our minds more and more to our journey home. It will become more and more difficult to
concentrate on living in the moment, living our pilgrimage journey. This post today is an appeal to you, our
family, friends, benefactors, to pray for us even more intently these next two
weeks. We have had some tremendous
graces on this journey. I am certain that
all of my classmates have stories of how God has touched them, has triggered
the inward journey that the outward pilgrimage brings about. These experiences will undoubtedly strengthen
us in our future ministry. Each and
every one of us pray that we will be able to take these experiences and apply
them to the benefit of our future parishioners.
We are praying always for these individuals and families, some of whom
might be reading this very blog.
To walk in the
footsteps of Christ has shown me the importance of always walking with
Christ. Only by close intimacy with
Christ can I hope to be an effective minister of His People. To be able to walk in these footsteps, to pray
at the places where He accomplished the definitive reunion of God and humanity,
as well as unifying all of us to each other, has given me an insight into
priestly ministry that I can't really put into words. Hopefully it will illuminate and inform my
future ministry, giving me direction, purpose and zeal.
Know that you
are all in our prayers, and I ask in a special way today that you pray for the
grace to stay focused on the pilgrimage experience, for myself and each of my
classmates. We look forward to seeing
you soon, but not just yet! We've still
got work to do!
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