{"id":26926,"date":"2012-04-01T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T01:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/cardinal-edward-egan-preaches\/"},"modified":"2012-04-01T21:01:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T01:01:49","slug":"cardinal-edward-egan-preaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/cardinal-edward-egan-preaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Edward Egan preaches Palm Sunday Vespers at St Catherine of Siena Church, NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"EM<\/a>This afternoon, Palm Sunday 2012, His Eminence, Edward
\nCardinal Egan, JCD, preached Solemn Vespers and Benediction. He was the final preacher for our Sunday Vespers highlighting Great Preachers.<\/span><\/p>\n


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His Eminence’s presence among
\nus, along with his priest secretary Father Brendan Fitzgerald, was a very delightful
\nexperience; it was a joy to hear about things historical and present. Time spent with the Cardinal and Father Brendan a perfect ending to the day and perfect beginning to Holy Week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"EM<\/a><\/p>\n

Cardinal Egan celebrates his 80th birthday. Canonically, he loses his right, responsibility and duty to enter a conclave to elect a pope. He will likely be attending to fewer things in Rome as travel is getting more and more difficult.<\/span>
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The Cardinal’s preaching was a fine opening to Holy Week. Domine, quo vadis? He focussed our
\nattention on 1 Peter 1:18-21:<\/span>    <\/p>\n
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Realizing that you were ransomed<\/u> from your futile
\nconduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or
\ngold but with the precious blood of Christ<\/u> <\/font>as of a spotless
\nunblemished lamb. He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed
\nin the final time for you<\/u>, who through him believe in God who raised him from
\nthe dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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