The Hamas terror attacks in Israel and the aftermath gave the world one of the bleakest weeks in recent memory. In the midst of the grim news from the Middle East came a miracle.
In one of the bleakest weeks in recent history, Jesus went out for a walk in midtown Manhattan. As a shocked world shared blood-soaked images and heartbroken voices told unspeakable tales of evil -- even those to believe in God wondered where He was. As America struggled to process events unfolding in Israel, something happened, just for a few moments, that stopped New Yorkers in their tracks.
watched as the priests reverently transferred the Holy Eucharist, the body of Christ, into what looked like a big, beautiful gold star at the top of a high staff — the bishop then held this large, heavy star aloft under a gold and white canopy held by more priests at its four corners. They began slowly to walk down the aisle and through the enormous upward arching bronze doors, now open to all of Fifth Avenue, as light streamed through, to the top of the steps of St. Pat’s.
It was the stillness and the quiet in the streets on that balmy, fall evening as twilight’s glow bathed the city, that struck me most. It was so peaceful, so absolutely still, as we walked under the neon lights of Radio City Music Hall, then turning left and going down Broadway under its spinning lights and flashing show signs, walking behind Jesus, and a parade of priests and nuns, as New York stopped to see. It didn’t feel like any other New York moment I can remember. As Fr.
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