Good morning.This is a very surreal moment for me. Standing up here as an ordained priest for the first time.In the church that I grew up in.The church that formed me.I started serving Mass here when I was about eight years old. Back then I was so short that I hadto balance the book on…

For the past several months,people have been asking me one question more than almost any other:“Are you ready?”Are you ready to be ordained?Are you ready to be a priest? And frankly…I never had a good answer.On Friday, in a certain sense,The Church finally answered that question.During the Rite of Ordination,after Maikel and I were called…