Emmanuel Magazine May/June 2016 | Page 10

Emmanuel EUCHARIST: LIVING & EVANGELIZING Known, Consecrated, and Sent Out as Prophets to Love Like Christ by Roger J. Landry The consecrated life is a way of seeking God and striving to imitate the perfect love of Christ. It invites all the baptized to do similarly according to their call and state of life. A priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, Father Roger J. Landry works for the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. His homilies and articles are found at catholicpreaching.com. This homily was given during a Mass at Saint Jean Baptiste Church, New York City, on January 31, marking the close of the Year of Consecrated Life. 148 I would like to thank the priests and brothers of the Congregation of th B