Unity funeral trust3/21/2024 ![]() ![]() Patrick’s manifests unity across divisions. His lines on the stained-glass windows are famous, but this passage seems appropriate now: The unity of a Gothic cathedral, we know, is not the static unity of a classical temple, but a unity born of the dynamic tension of diverse forces which impel the architecture upward, pointing it to heaven. Here too, we can see a symbol of the Church’s unity, which is the unity-as Saint Paul has told us-of a living body composed of many different members, each with its own role and purpose. Here too we see our need to acknowledge and reverence the gifts of each and every member of the body as “manifestations of the Spirit given for the good of all” (1 Cor. 12:7). Patrick’s is a true icon of the Church, as Pope Benedict XVI memorably preached on his visit there in 2008. John Paul the Great taught, namely that “the body is an icon of the person.” Transgenderism is a rejection of what St. Cecilia Gentili was a kind of reverse icon in that sense, rebelling against the corporality of being made in the image and likeness of God. The term “icon” is now used to mean merely “famous,” but the proper religious meaning is an image that makes present an intangible holiness. The organizers of the event considered Cecilia Gentili an “icon,” hence they wanted an “icon” for the funeral. Richard, for taxi drivers and transgender activists, the point is the same. “Reverend, I don’t know where you’re from, but in New York this is where Christ lives,” replied the cabbie.įor Fr. He was surprised when the cab driver took him to St. This Methodist minister jumped in a taxi at the airport and asked to be taken to Christ Church, which is on Park Avenue. ![]() Richard John Neuhaus often told a story about a visiting clergyman in New York. The event told us something important about all four elements involved: the cathedral, Catholic funerals, transgender activists, and the media. Patrick’s for transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. On February 15, a funeral was held at St. It was painful to see it the object of a sacrilegious ambush early in Lent.
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