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The Ascension of the Lord, Year C

Fr. Jim homily

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Yesterday, on the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virigin Mary, I had the privlege of attending the Mass of Ordination for our newest priest Fr. Alan Bridges. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my own ordination, and it is was a joy to vicariously re-live my own ordination through this new priest. One of the most touching parts of the Rite of Ordination is when the newly ordained priest has his vestments put on by another priest, usually someone very close. In this case, it was Fr. Bridges’…