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As the standing room only crowd of more than 4,000 filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the Mass preceding the Eucharistic procession, I think we all sensed something very special was about to happen.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. – Philippians 4:8
When I heard the above New Testament reading on the Sunday before my colleagues and I left for New York City, I could only think how unlovely and dark the world was in the immediate aftermath of the massacre in Israel. Enemies of humanity were already celebrating the bloodbath in Times Square, calling for the death of more Jews, and our assignment to cover the already scheduled eucharistic procession through Times Square became slightly concerning. What kind of hostility would we encounter, marching triumphantly through the heart of the secular, anti-Christian world with Christ in the Eucharist?
But sometimes God gives us a glimmer of the heavenly feast, and as the standing room only crowd of more than four thousand filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the Mass preceding the procession, I think we all sensed something very special was about to happen…
