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Rite of Election Homily
By Monsignor Francis V. Cilia
Today we celebrate your Election.
God called you long ago and now God
chooses you for the Easter sacraments,
in which you will be baptized and
confi rmed and share for the very fi rst
time in the Eucharist.
Your life has changed. You have
put on Christ. We call this ‘conversion.’
And you will never be the same.
Along with the call to conversion,
the Church invites you to conversation.
These words are similar, for they are
both about a turning. The fi rst – conver-
sion – is about turning around, about
walking in a new direction. The other
– conversation – means that we turn to
others ... we turn to the Lord, to those
around us and, in a way, we turn to our-
selves, we speak to our own hearts. For
there, we will fi nd the truth of our lives
– the Lord who lives within each of us.
The weeks of Lent, this time of
Enlightenment and Purifi cation, is an
exciting time as you come closer and
closer to the Lord. We will be praying
for you. We will be trying to be for you
Monsignor Francis V. Cilia, Vicar General of the
Diocese of San Jose, gives the homily during
the Rite of Election Mass.
the best examples of what it is to be a
Christian. And we will rejoice with you
when you enter the waters of life, are
anointed with the seal with the Spirit,
and nourished by the Body and Blood
of the Lord.
Finally, during these days and
weeks, I propose to you a simple prayer,
an old song (from my youth) from the
rock opera, “Godspell:”
Day by day,
O dear Lord, three things I pray:
To see thee more clearly,
love thee more dearly,
follow thee more nearly.
Day by day.
May God bless you now and all the
days of your lives.
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