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P a g e S i x C A T H O L I C E A S T A N G L I A C A T H O L I C E A S T A N G L I A P a g e S e v e n D i o c e s e c o m e s t o g e t h e r a t C h r i s m M a s s B i s h o p A l a n ’, s l e t t e r t o t h e p e o p l e o f E a s t A n g l i a C a t e c h u m e n s a n d C a n d i d a t e s b e g i n j o u r n e y t o E a s t e r r e c e p t i o n a t R i t e o f E l e c t i o n B i s h o p A l a n H o p e s N E W S f r o m B i s h o p A l a n c e l e b r a t e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e a s a b i s h o p , a n d a s t h e b i s h o p o f E a s t A n g l i a , t h e C h r i s m M a s s i n t h e C a t h e d r a l C h u r c h o f S t J o h n t h e B a p t i s t , N o r w i c h o n W e d n e s d a y 1 6 A p r i l . J o i n e d b y h i s b r o t h e r p r i e s t s , h i s d e a c o n s a n d m a n y o f t h e l a y f a i t h f u l f r o m a c r o s s t h e d i o c e s e , B i s h o p A l a n b l e s s e d t h e O i l o f t h e S i c k a n d t h e O i l o f C a t e c h u m e n s , a n d t h e n c o n s e c r a t e d t h e O i l o f C h r i s m . T h e s e t h r e e H o l y O i l s a r e u s e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r a s t h e C h u r c h ` s m i n i s t e r s c o n t i n u e t h e w o r k s t a r t e d b y J e s u s C h r i s t . T h e O i l o f t h e S i c k i s u s e d a s p r e s c r i b e d b y S t J a m e s i n t h e N e w T e s t a m e n t : ", A r e a n y a m o n g y o u s i c k ? T h e y s h o u l d c a l l f o r t h e e l d e r s o f t h e C h u r c h a n d h a v e t h e m p r a y o v e r t h e m , a n o i n t i n g t h e m w i t h o i l i n t h e n a m e o f t h e L o r d ", . T h e O i l o f C a t e c h u m e n s i s u s e d t o a n o i n t t h o s e , b o t h c h i l d r e n a n d a d u l t s , w h o a r e t o b e r e c e i v e d i n t o t h e C h u r c h t h r o u g h t h e S a c r a m e n t o f B a p t i s m a n d i s t h e o i l o f s a l v a t i o n w h i c h s t r e n g t h e n s e a c h C h r i s t i a n w i t h t h e p o w e r o f C h r i s t o u r S a v i o u r . T h e O i l o f C h r i s m i s u s e d f o r t h e S a c r a m e n t s o f B a p t i s m , C o n f i r m a t i o n f o r O r d i n a t i o n a s a p r i e s t a n d f o r t h e C o n s e c r a t i o n o f B i s h o p s r e m e m b e r i n g t h e w o r d s f r o m t h e R i t e o f B a p t i s m : ", A s C h r i s t w a s a n o i n t e d p r i e s t p r o p h e t a n d k i n g , s o m a y y o u l i v e a l w a y s a s a m e m b e r o f h i s b o d y , s h a r i n g e v e r l a s t i n g l i f e . ”, I n h i s h o m i l y , B i s h o p A l a n s p o k e t o h i s d i o c e s e a b o u t t h e v o c a t i o n t o b e a d i s c i p l e o f C h r i s t w h i c h b e g i n s a t t h e m o m e n t o f o u r b a p t i s m a n d c a l l s e a c h o f u s t o ", l i v e t h e l i f e o f h e a v e n h e r e o n e a r t h ", . Q u o t i n g P o p e F r a n c i s , h e r e m i n d s u s t h a t ", w e a r e c a l l e d t o b e G o d ` s l e a v e n i n t h e m i d s t o f h u m a n i t y ", , w h i c h m e a n s t h a t w e a r e e n t r u s t e d w i t h t h e d u t y o f ", p r o c l a i m i n g a n d b r i n g i n g G o d ` s s a l v a t i o n i n t o o u r w o r l d w h i c h o f t e n g o e s a s t r a y a n d n e e d s t o b e e n c o u r a g e d , g i v e n h o p e a n d s t r e n g t h e n e d o n t h e w a y ", . S p e a k i n g t o h i s d e a c o n s b i s h o p A l a n r e m i n d e d t h e m o f t h e t h i r d o f t h e t h r e e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n l a i d u p o n t h e m , ", t o b e a m i n i s t e r o f l o v i n g s e r v i c e t o o t h e r s ", a n d h o w t h e y s h o u l d b e b o t h a n i n s p i r a t i o n f o r a n d a l e a d e r o f t h e p e o p l e i n t h i s a r e a . T u r n i n g f i n a l l y t o h i s b r o t h e r s , t h e m i n i s t e r i a l p r i e s t s , w h o a r e c o ­, w o r k e r s w i t h h i m t h r o u g h o u t t h e d i o c e s e , h e r e m i n d e d t h e m o f t h e i r u n i q u e v o c a t i o n t o s h a r e i n t h e w o r k o f J e s u s , t h e G r e a t H i g h P r i e s t . A w o r k w h i c h d r a w s t h e m o u t f r o m w i t h i n t h e p e o p l e o f G o d a n d s e t s t h e m a p a r t f o r a s p e c i a l d u t y –, t o b e a n A l t e r C h r i s t u s , a n o t h e r C h r i s t , a n d c e l e b r a t e t h e S a c r a m e n t s a l w a y s i n P e r s o n a C h r i s t i , i n t h e P e r s o n o f C h r i s t . T h e y a r e n o t r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e m s e l v e s b u t h i m ", w h o d i e d f o r a l l , s o t h a t t h o s e w h o l i v e m i g h t l i v e n o l o n g e r f o r t h e m s e l v e s b u t f o r h i m w h o d i e d a n d w a s r a i s e d f o r t h e m ", ( 2 C o r 5 : 1 5 ) . C a t e c h u m e n s o f a l l a g e s w r o t e t h e i r n a m e s i n t h e B o o k o f L i f e B i s h o p A l a n s p e a k s t o e a c h o f t h e C a t e c u m e n s a n d C a n d i d a t e s P e o p l e f r o m p a r i s h e s a l l o v e r t h e D i o c e s e o f E a s t A n g l i a c a m e t o t h e C a t h e d r a l o n t h e f i r s t S u n d a y i n L e n t c a m e f o r t h e R i t e o f E l e c t i o n a s t h e y b e g a n t h e l a s t s t a g e o f t h e i r i n i t i a t i o n i n t o t h e f u l l c o m m u n i o n o f t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h . T h e y h a d b e e n h e l p e d t o g r o w i n t h e i r f a i t h i n t h e p a r i s h c o u r s e s , l e a d i n g t o B a p t i s m , C o n f i r m a t i o n a n d E u c h a r i s t a t t h e E a s t e r V i g i l . B i s h o p A l a n w e l c o m e d a n d g r e e t e d e a c h o f t h e s e C a t e c h u m e n s a n d c a n d i d a t e s w h o w e r e t a k i n g t h i s i m p o r t a n t s t e p i n t h e i r l i v e s . I n h i s h o m i l y , B i s h o p A l a n t o l d t h e m t h a t J e s u s s p e n t t h e f o r t y d a y s i n t h e d e s e r t p r e p a r i n g f o r h i s w o r k f o r o u r s a l v a t i o n w h i c h c u l m i n a t e d i n h i s d e a t h a n d r e s u r r e c t i o n . T h i s l a s t p a r t o f t h e i r p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e s a c r a m e n t s a t E a s t e r w a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o j o u r n e y w i t h J e s u s t o t h e C r o s s “, f o r t h o s e w h o a r e c a l l e d , t h e C r o s s i s t h e p o w e r a n d w i s d o m o f G o d ”, . “, T o d a y , ”, s a i d t h e b i s h o p , ”, y o u a r e b e i n g e l e c t e d o r c h o s e n . I t i s a c e l e b r a t i o n o f y o u r h o p e a n d t r u s t i n J e s u s C h r i s t t o w h o m y o u t u r n f o r s a l v a t i o n . ”, T h e y w e r e b e i n g c a l l e d t o a d e e p e r c o m m i t m e n t t o t h e L o r d a n d t o g r o w i n h o l i n e s s , t h e b i s h o p c o n t i n u e d , t o b e c o m e h i s w i t n e s s e s a n d t o h a n d o n t h e f a i t h t h e y w e r e d i s c o v e r i n g a n d r e j o i c i n g i n t o t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n . “, T h i s c a l l t o b e c o m e l i k e J e s u s C h r i s t i n o u r l i v e s i s a b i g c h a l l e n g e a n d i s a l i f e ­, l o n g j o u r n e y . I t w i l l l e a d t o t h e t e m p t a t i o n t o t a k e t h e e a s y w a y a n d c o n f o r m t o t h e n o r m s o f s o c i e t y . “, T h e g i f t o f t h e H o l y S p i r i t w i l l f i l l y o u r l i f e w i t h h i s g i f t s a n d t h e d i v i n e f o o d o f t h e E u c h a r i s t w i l l s t r e n g t h e n f o r y o u r j o u r n e y t h r o u g h l i f e . ”, A s s i s t i n g t h e b i s h o p w e r e C a t h e d r a l D e a n F r J a m e s W a l s h a n d d e a c o n s P a t r i c k L i m a c h e r a n d A n d r e w E b u r n e . O n E a s t e r D a y C h r i s t i a n s c e l e b r a t e t h e f a c t t h a t J e s u s C h r i s t , t h e S o n o f G o d , h a v i n g b e e n p u t t o d e a t h o n a c r o s s , w a s r a i s e d t o n e w l i f e . T h i s u n i q u e e v e n t h a s s i g n i f i c a n c e n o t o n l y f o r C h r i s t i a n s b u t f o r t h e w h o l e h u m a n r a c e . J e s u s C h r i s t ` s r e s u r r e c t i o n b r i n g s u s J O Y . I t s h o w s u s t h a t G o d h a s a n i m m e n s e a n d u n e n d i n g l o v e f o r u s a l l ­, g o o d a n d b a d a l i k e . I t s h o w s u s t h a t n o o n e i s b e y o n d h i s l o v e a n d d i v i n e m e r c y , w h a t e v e r m i s t a k e s w e m i g h t h a v e m a d e i n o u r l i v e s . F o r e a c h o n e o f u s i s p r e c i o u s i n G o d ` s s i g h t . J e s u s C h r i s t ` s r e s u r r e c t i o n b r i n g s u s H O P E . I t s h o w s u s t h a t i n t h e f a c e o f l i f e ` s c h a l l e n g e s , s u f f e r i n g a n d e v e n d e a t h , w e c a n r e m a i n c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h e R i s e n J e s u s C h r i s t i s w a l k i n g w i t h u s t o e n c o u r a g e u s a n d s t r e n g t h e n u s o n o u r j o u r n e y . C h r i s t i a n s b e l i e v e t h a t a f t e r d e a t h w e s h a l l c o m e t o s h a r e i n t h a t s a m e r e s u r r e c t i o n l i f e o f J e s u s C h r i s t i n h e a v e n ­, a n d t h a t i s a c a u s e o f r e a l j o y a n d h o p e . T h i s i s t h e m e s s a g e w e h a v e b e e n c a l l e d t o p r o c l a i m t o t h e w o r l d . A n d w e d o i t i n s o m a n y d i f f e r e n t w a y s , s o m e t i m e s e v e n u s i n g w o r d s ( S t F r a n c i s ) ! A s w e s e r v e G o d i n o u r n e i g h b o u r , i n t h e p o o r , t h e h u n g r y , t h e h o m e l e s s a n d t h e n e g l e c t e d i n t h e w o r l d a n d i n o u r l o c a l c o m m u n i t i e s , s o w e m a k e i t p o s s i b l e f o r o t h e r s t o e x p e r i e n c e t h e j o y a n d h o p e t h a t t h e R i s e n C h r i s t b r i n g s i n t o o u r w o r l d a n d o u r h e a r t s . 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