Friday, July 16, 2004
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
A most ancient and holy tradition in my family is to go to East Harlem every year and wander about the ancestral homeland. This year we got there a little before 9 am and watched the end of the 8 am Tridentine Mass. I then stayed through the 9 am Tridentine Mass and the 10 am Mass. At the end, there was a special treat. The statue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was brought down from the altar for the first time in 20 years and marched down to the park amid much crying and shouting where a bishop reconsecrated her crown. A most impressive morning.
