Feb. 2-3 was World
Consecrated Life Day. On Feb. 10,
religious priests, brothers and sisters who are members of various religious
congregations came together with the Bishop of the diocese of Paterson to
celebrate this great gift to the Church.
Religious life is a “radical living” of our baptismal call, making Jesus’
way of life our way of life. With great
enthusiasm and joy, men and women who have consecrated their lives to the Lord
continue to deepen their relationship with Jesus and with one another as they
give credence to the faith given them in baptism and sealed in
confirmation. Bishop Serratelli, Bishop
of the Paterson Diocese prayed that the “great grace of Baptism [may] work to
full effect” in us so that we will be able to spread God’s Kingdom with
apostolic zeal to build up the Church of Christ. Pope Paul II, who inaugurated this Day of
celebration Consecrated Life did so because of his belief that “consecrated
life is at the very heart of the Church as a decisive element of her mission
since it manifests the inner nature of Christian calling” (Quotes from The Beacon, The Newspaper of the diocese
of Paterson, N.J., Feb. 14, 2013).
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