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After Jesus cured the leper, he instructed him to show himself to the priests, who, in turn, would offer a lamb as a sacrifice of thanksgiving for his healing.

In Catholic elementary school, our teachers often told us about modern-day saints, such as St. Francis Cabrini, an Italian immigrant nun who opened a string of hospitals serving the poor all around the United States.

It is a joy to welcome all of you here to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. The Cathedral is a special Church for everyone in our Archdiocese, the Cathedral is where you find the Bishops chair, “the cathedra”, the place from which I lead the liturgy and teach the faith.

It’s a joy to be here at Mount 2000 for this closing Mass. I hope you’ve had a great experience here at the Mount. I know that the seminarians have put in a lot of hard work for this weekend but I also know how happy they are to share with you the excitement and the joy of knowing and following Christ.

Spending these few, entirely pleasant days in the Florida sunshine with fellow members of the family of the Knights of Columbus, it may be a little hard for us to identify with Job’s complaint about the drudgery of life, its slavish routines, its paltry rewards, about life’s brevity, the anxiety it generates, its futility.

On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, something is definitely happening in the most consequential of all dramas, the drama of which God is the creator, the producer, and chief protagonist – the drama which is God’s plan for the creation and redemption of the world, the drama in which you and I are actors, stagehands, and managers.

We have already thanked Father John for his commitment of love, but before concluding, I want to express my warmest gratitude to each of you.