Priest Ordination

Moments before he would become a priest, the Rev. Mr. Rjoy Ballacillo listened intently to the First Reading from Jeremiah.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you,” the Reading proclaims. “‘Ah, Lord GOD!’ I said, ‘I do not know how to speak. I am too young!’ But the Lord answered me … To whomever I send you, you shall go; whatever I command you, you shall speak.”

“When I heard that – that the Lord will always be with me – that gave me strength and courage to fulfill my ministry,” the 26-year-old said.

PHOTO GALLERY: Priestly Ordination of Father Rjoy Ballacillo

PHOTO GALLERY: Father Ballacillo's First Mass

Indeed, a supportive strength was palpable throughout St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, as Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., celebrated the June 5 Ordination Mass of Father Rjoy Ballacillo.

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