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"Then I
saw a new heaven and a new earth."
Revelation 21:1
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June 2009 New Earth Local News |
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Father Peter Sharpe lies prostrate during the Litany of Supplication
prayed during his ordination Mass.
A total
self gift
Tanya Watterud
“Jesus reminds us that we, too, must die, we, too, must give our total
selves to him and him alone,” Bishop Samuel Aquila said during the June
6 Mass of ordination to the priesthood for Father Peter Sharpe. “It is
especially true for the priest who makes himself a total self gift first
to Christ, the Father and the Holy Spirit, and then to the Church, to a
particular church, and to this diocese.” |
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The bishop spoke these words
during the homily at the ordination Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of
St. Mary, Fargo.
“Your life is forever changed today,” he told Father Sharpe. “For while
you remain a part of the Church, and a part of the Body of Christ, you
now relate in a new and unique way.”Only
through deep prayer can priests be living instruments of Christ, the
eternal priest, Bishop Aquila said.
The deepest desire of priests must be to “introduce people and lead them
to Jesus Christ, not to ourselves,” he said. “The moment you depend on
your own strength, you will become discouraged, you will become
frustrated….When we depend on our own strength, we cannot love as God
loves, we cannot love as Jesus loves.”
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