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He made you what you are and reminds you who you are: YOU are the salt of the earth. YOU are the light of world. Filled with the love that we receive from this altar:  Go be who you are.

Your pastor is a disciple before he is a shepherd. He is to model what it means to live the Beatitudes. And his chief responsibility is to place at your disposal all the means necessary for you to grow in discipleship.

As we honor Saint John Bosco today, we are invited to ask: Who feels blessed in our communities – fortunate to be loved by God, fortunate to love as we have been loved?

Tonight’s liturgy presents us with parallels between David and St. Agnes and between David and Agnes and ourselves. 

Together we shall march, just as Martin Luther King, Jr., marched. Together we shall march into a future full of hope. Together we shall stand, courageously and peacefully, for justice.

In a nutshell, here how today’s Scriptures illuminate your pastor’s ministry: In some respects, he is to be like Isaiah the prophet; in others, like John the Baptist; and most importantly of all, he is to be like Jesus.

In a nutshell, here how tonight’s Scriptures illuminate your pastor’s ministry: In some respects, he is to be like Isaiah the prophet; in other respects, like John the Baptist; and most importantly of all, he is to be like Jesus.

On the day of our Baptism, we too were bathed in the radiance of God’s Triune life and love. Put another way, through Baptism God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – began to dwell in us.

I pray that the time you are spending in discernment will bear good fruit and, yes, I pray that many of you will someday become the priests that Jesus wants and needs to gather in his harvest.