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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.
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