Mother Angelica’s life must be viewed in reference to Jesus, the homilist at her funeral Mass said on Friday. “We cannot understand Mother Angelica without reference the One that
she loved with the passion of a bride, Jesus, the Eternal Word Who
became man and dwelt among us,” said Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe, MVFA, in his
homily at the funeral Mass for Mother Angelica, foundress of EWTN and
Abbess Emerita at Our Lady of the Angels monastery in Hanceville,
Alabama. “Her legacy is a legacy of His work in her,” Fr. Joseph Mary added. An estimated 2,000 mourners attended Mother Angelica’s funeral Mass
at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, 45 miles
north of Birmingham. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia said the Mass, joined by
the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano,
as well as Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, Bishop Richard Stika of
Knoxville, Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham, and his predecessor,
Bishop David Foley, Mother’s long-time bishop. Archbishop Vigano read aloud a message from Pope Francis at the end of the Mass. “His Holiness Pope Francis was saddened to learn of the death of
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, and extends heartfelt
condolences to the Poor Clares of the Perpetual Adoration of Our Lady of
the Angels Monastery, and to the EWTN community,” he said. Read more here.
Kurt Hilgefort, is a Catholic father of six who publishes his thoughts on his blog Shadows of Augustine . He responded to my seven question survey with the following answers. Kurt is the first layperson to respond to the seven question survey and I think that his experience is extremely relevant to me personally and I hope that you are inspired by his thoughts as well. If you would like to respond, please send an email to fellmananthony@gmail.com with your thoughts and I will be happy to publish them as well. 1. What is the biggest challenge to your faith that you have faced so far? The biggest challenge for me has been the whole dying to self thing. On an intellectual level, there are no barriers. It comes down to a matter of accepting the authority of the Church that Christ founded upon Peter. My challenge is not in the intellect, but rather in the will. The challenge for me has always been to continually seek conversion. I want to be transformed, but I want it to be over all ...
