Today commemorates a very famous basilica in Rome. At the cathedral tonight, an almost full house gathered to commemorate the 85 homeless men and women who died in Seattle this past year. High school students lit 85 votive candles on the four corners of the sanctuary. The Young Women's Ensemble sang and Fr. R took the readings for the feast and wove them into a call to construct a church that shapes a world where all have a home which is safe. We have a long way to go, we would suggest. At the end of the liturgy, the cathedral bagpiper piped everyone out to the courtyard where they sang the Salve Regina and the tower bell tolled 85 times in honor of each of the decesased. Ironic, sobering, tender evening. Honoring those we did not honor very well on earth, we have done much better honoring in their silent, unseen deaths.
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