Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
We are too impatient. Slaves to efficiency, devotees of multitasking, disciples of expediting, we are a tragically foot-tapping and dangerously inattentive breed.
Ordaining priests is the greatest privilege that I have as a bishop. Period. When, at the high point of the ceremony, I place my hands on the head of a deacon and call forth the Holy Spirit upon him, I stand in the tradition of the Apostles, who similarly laid hands on those to whom they imparted authority. I can testify that nothing in my life has ever made me feel more humble and more grateful.