Universalis

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Another open public manifestation of Real Presence

from the Wisconsin State Journal's coverage of the destruction of St. Raphael Cathedral:

....He [Bishop Robert Morlino] also was moved by Madison firefighters' rescue of the cathedral's ceboriums holding the Holy Sacrament, wafers already consecrated as Jesus Christ's body.

"The firefighters had to cut their way through," Morlino said. "They went in there and brought it out with great reverence. . . . In a symbolic way, that illustrates the caring of Madison."


And here's the photo of the firefighters returning the ciboria to the Cathedral rector:

Madison firefighters who rescued the Holy Eucharist return It to the Rector of the Cathedral

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2 comments:

Karen Marie said...

by kmknapp for Fr. Shawn, since Blogger's not leting his show up on front page [it might show up later, for all I know!]

"I should have mentioned this before the brides comment:

This is a very heartwarming picture.

Reverent people inspire me to be twice as reverent as I seek to be each day. Reverent people and their love for Jesus ensure that priests do not take for granted their vocations and charisms.

16 March, 2005 17:04"
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Anonymous said...

Fr. O'Neal,

Take off the ball cap, Yahoo! T-Shirt and start acting like an adult. A clean shave in the morning before mass would be a nice touch too. Crippling irony must be your specialty.

Hope that helps.

The Old Colonel