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COMMENTARY: The gift of reconciliation arising from the witness of new ministers of the Divine Mercy.

by FATHER RAYMOND J. DESOUZA 01/16/2016

It was an act of reconciliation — a most suitable way to begin the Jubilee of Mercy. That’s not how we usually describe ordinations, but in this case, it was. Permit a personal explanation.

On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12, 2015, the Legionaries of Christ ordained 44 men to the priesthood in Rome. I had been invited to attend, as one of the deacons to be ordained, Sameer Advani, is a graduate of Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and had been active in our chaplaincy, Newman House, during his undergraduate years on campus (1999-2003).

I accepted the invitation to go out of pride in Sameer and in gratitude for God’s goodness to Newman House in raising up a…