{"id":1011,"date":"2009-02-23T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/dolan-i-pledge-to-you-my-love-my-life-my-heart.html"},"modified":"2009-02-23T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T13:43:00","slug":"dolan-i-pledge-to-you-my-love-my-life-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/dolan-i-pledge-to-you-my-love-my-life-my-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Dolan: “I pledge to you my love, my life, my heart…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Courtesy the Loggia-Whisperer<\/a>, the text of Archbishop Dolan’s remarks this morning to his new flock: <\/p>\n

Thank you, Cardinal Egan, for your gracious words of welcome. To know you are and will be at my side is a genuine blessing indeed.<\/p>\n

Thank you, members of the media, and so many listening and watching with us this morning, for your interest and your welcome. You\u2019ve made me feel at home already.<\/p>\n

Thank you, most of all, to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who is alive in His Church, without whom nothing is possible, with whom nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Pope Benedict XVI, for your trust in naming me archbishop of this historic and vibrant Archdiocese of New York.<\/p>\n

My brother bishops, priests, religious women and men, seminarians, committed Catholics of this wonderful Church, I pledge to you my love, my life, my heart, and I can tell you already that I love you, I need so much your prayers and support, I am so honored, humbled, and happy to serve as your pastor.<\/p>\n

To our cherished collaborators in metropolitan New York, our Christian, Jewish, Islamic and interfaith colleagues, my pledge to you of continued friendship; to our civic leaders, and so many neighbors, men and women of such good will, my assurances of a continued alliance in all that is noble in our devotion to this expansive community.<\/p>\n

[In Spanish] My special greeting to our Latino brothers & sister, such a blessing to our Church and our community. I look forward to knowing and loving you.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Mom, family and friends at home in St. Louis, and in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It will be tough to leave you.<\/p>\n

I come before you in awe, with some trepidation, knowing I have a lot to learn, — about you and about this dynamic local church.. Yet I come so confident in God\u2019s grace and mercy, and so hopeful in the dream that is ours for a \u201cfuture full of hope\u201d as promised by God.<\/p>\n

I relish the blessing of spending the rest of my life as your pastor, neighbor, and friend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PHOTO:<\/span><\/b> <\/span>AP Photo\/Richard Drew<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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