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This morning I have the joy and privilege of ordaining nine men as deacons, nine men in priestly formation who, God willing, will be ordained priests next year.

St. Bernadette now invites us to believe in the love that God has for us, the love that the Risen Lord offers each one of us personally, the love we experience when we seek the loving intercession of Mary.

This much we know is true: in every age, in every place, God calls fourth women and men through whom he desires to make himself known.

As you go forth, allow me to commend you to the prayers of Bl. Michael McGivney, the parish priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, the patron of the Order.

Whether or not we are always prepared to admit it, deep down, amid all our striving and grasping for whatever comes next, we will not be happy or content until we join that vast multitude in heaven who stand rejoicing before the Lamb who was slain, the Lamb who is our shepherd.

And once the peace of Christ enters our hearts, our lives change. We may stumble and fall, even repeatedly, but God’s grace will be at work in us, patiently mending our hearts, replacing vice with virtue, making us luminous with love.